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ArticleCureus2022

A Suspicious Hilar Mass Revealing an Uncommon Diagnosis of Pulmonary Actinomycosis in an Immunocompromised Young Female Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Mohamed Agab, Eltaib Saad, Akram Babkir, Dorota Filipiuk, Harvey Friedman

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohamed AgabInternal Medicine, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, USA.
Eltaib SaadInternal Medicine, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, USA.
Akram BabkirInternal Medicine, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, USA.
Dorota FilipiukPathology, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, USA.
Harvey FriedmanPulmonary and Critical Care, AMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, USA.
Saint Francis Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Actinomycosis is a chronic inflammatory infectious disease that can affect various organ systems. Pulmonary actinomycosis is an exceptionally uncommon clinical occurrence that yet deserves special attention, as it closely mimics a broad spectrum of infectious and neoplastic lung pathologies. The non-specific nature of its clinical features and radiological appearances makes early diagnosis quite challenging. The authors reported a 25-year-female with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus and morbid obesity who presented with a one-week history of unilateral, right-sided, pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath. Chest imaging revealed a suspicious right hilar soft tissue mass encasing the right upper lobe bronchus with post-obstructive atelectasis. Transbronchial biopsy revealed suppurative granulomatous inflammation, and anaerobic cultures from the bronchial tissues grew

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granulomatous diseaseimmunocompromised patientsmaldi-tofpulmonary actinomycosisrare diagnosissuspicious lung mass

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PMID35664389
PMCPMC9143781
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