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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2022

Pulmonary actinomycosis mimicking lung cancer on

Shinichi Miyazaki, Takeo Fujito, Yuki Kondo, Yasumasa Kuno, Shunsuke Mori, Ryo Yamashita, Junzo Ishida, Yoshiharu Nara, Takuya Ikeda

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shinichi MiyazakiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, 2-2-37, Shibata, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie, 510-0822, Japan. miyazaki.sin1@gmail.com.
Takeo FujitoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, 2-2-37, Shibata, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie, 510-0822, Japan.
Yuki KondoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, 2-2-37, Shibata, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie, 510-0822, Japan.
Yasumasa KunoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, 2-2-37, Shibata, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie, 510-0822, Japan.
Shunsuke MoriDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, 2-2-37, Shibata, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie, 510-0822, Japan.
Ryo YamashitaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, 2-2-37, Shibata, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie, 510-0822, Japan.
Junzo IshidaDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, 2-2-37, Shibata, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie, 510-0822, Japan.
Yoshiharu NaraDepartment of Pathology, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, 2-2-37, Shibata, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie, 510-0822, Japan.
Takuya IkedaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, 2-2-37, Shibata, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie, 510-0822, Japan.
Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPulmonary actinomycosis is a chronic disease characterized by abscess formation, draining sinuses, fistulae, and tissue fibrosis. It can mimic other conditions, particularly malignant and granulomatous diseases, and is perhaps extremely challenging to diagnose. CASE PRESENTATION: A 64-year-old Japanese man presented with 6-week history of a painful solid lump in the chest wall. Chest computed tomography scan revealed a mass-like consolidation in the left upper lobe, with rib erosion and direct extension into the anterior chest wall.

conclusionsThere is no difference in positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan findings between actinomycosis and malignancy. Therefore, pulmonary actinomycosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cases involving intensive activity on

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ActinomycosisLung DiseasesLung NeoplasmsDiagnosis, DifferentialFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansMaleMiddle AgedPositron-Emission TomographyFluorodeoxyglucose F1818F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyActinomycosisLung cancer

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PMID35773705
PMCPMC9248181
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