Case Report: A rare case of pulmonary actinomycosis and concomitant small cell lung cancer

Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare chronic granulomatous infection with non-specific clinical and imaging manifestations, often misdiagnosed as lung cancer. We present the case of an elderly male smoker with two pulmonary space-occupying lesions on the left and right sides, respectively, both showing...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Medicine
Main Authors:	Shilin Fang, Jianli Wang, Xiang Zhu, Xiaoyan Gai, Yongchang Sun
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-10-01
Subjects:	pulmonary actinomycosis small cell lung cancer pulmonary nodules concomitant diseases differential diagnosis
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2025.1673197/full