Unexpected Positron Emission Tomography-Positive Actinomyces-Related Mass of the Bronchial Stump

Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare disease frequently misdiagnosed, even by experienced clinicians, as primary or metastatic lung cancer or as other more conventional lung infections. It is often an unexpected disease that is basically detected only on cytological/histological examination. A case inv...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Andreani, Giulio Rossi, Michele Giovannini, Gaia Francesca Cappiello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/502041