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Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as aspergilloma
Rosdina Zamrud1, Nurul Yaqeen Mohd Esa2, Mohammad Hanafiah3, Nor Salmah Bakar4.
We report a case of a 34-year-old man who was initially
treated as community acquired pneumonia following a
three-month-history of productive cough, loss of weight and
loss of appetite. However, three months after discharged
from the hospital, he presented again with worsening
respiratory symptoms and radiological evidence of a lung
cavitation with intracavitary lesion resembling an
aspergilloma associated with surrounding consolidation.
Unfortunately, he remained symptomatic despite on
antifungal therapy. The repeat computed-tomography
demonstrated persistent cavitating lesion with development
of necrotising pneumonia. He underwent lobectomy and the
histopathological analysis of the resected specimen
however revealed the diagnosis of actinomycosis.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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