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KMID : 0191119990140030315
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Journal of Korean Medical Science
1999 Volume.14 No. 3 p.315 ~ p.318
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Endobronchial actinomycosis simulating endobronchial tuberculosis: a case report
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Lee SH
Shim JJ/Kang EY/Lee SY/Jo JY/In KH/Yoo SH/Kang KH
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We report a case of a 70-year-old woman who presented with mild exertional dyspnea and cough. Fiberoptic bronchoscopic findings revealed an endobronchial polypoid lesion with stenotic bronchus. The lesion was very similar to endobronchial tuberculosis. Histologic examination of the biopsy specimen demonstrated Actinomyces infection. There was a clinical response to intravenous penicillin therapy. Primary endobronchial actinomycosis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of an endobronchial lesion, especially endobronchial tuberculosis in Korea.
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