ArticleFrontiers in medicine2024
An overview of case reports and case series of pulmonary actinomycosis mimicking lung cancer: a scoping review.
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- Pulmonary actinomycosis and pulmonary nocardiosis mimicking lung cancer: A case series and narrative review.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2026Review
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- Unmasking pulmonary actinomycosis: A diagnostic challenge in a young immunocompetent male.IDCases · 2026Article
- Actinomycosis: Mimicking Malignancies in Multiple Anatomical Sites-A Three-Patient Case Series.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Case Report: A rare case of pulmonary actinomycosis and concomitant small cell lung cancer.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Bronchiectatic Actinomycosis with Osseous Metaplasia Masquerading as Lung Cancer.Turk patoloji dergisi · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Pulmonary actinomycosis (PA) is a rare type of Methods: Published case reports and case series of PA in patients with suspicion of lung cancer were considered, and data were extracted by a structured search through PubMed/Medline. Results: After analyzing Medline, 31 studies were reviewed, from which 48 cases were extracted. Europe had the highest prevalence of reported cases with 45.1%, followed by Asia (32.2%), America (19.3%), and Africa (3.2%). The average age of patients was 58.9 years, and 75% of all patients were above 50 years old. Male patients (70%) were predominantly affected by PA. The overall mortality rate was 6.25%. In only eight cases, the causative agent was reported, and Conclusion: The non-specific symptoms resemble lung cancer, leading to confusion between PA and cancer in imaging scans. Radiological techniques are helpful but have limitations that can lead to unnecessary surgeries when confusing PA with lung cancer. Therefore, it is important to raise awareness about the signs and symptoms of PA and lung cancer to prevent undesirable complications and ensure appropriate treatment measures are taken.
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