Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as aspergilloma

Med J Malaysia. 2017 Apr;72(2):147-149.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycosis / diagnosis*
  • Actinomycosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Actinomycosis / pathology
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases / microbiology
  • Lung Diseases / pathology
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed