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- who: Shinichi Miyazaki from the (UNIVERSITY) have published the research work: Pulmonary actinomycosis mimicking lung cancer on, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
- what: The authors report herein a patient with pulmonary actinomycosis mimicking lung cancer on FDG-PET.
SUMMARY
Actinomycosis accounts for approximately 15% of all actinomycosis cases. Pulmonary actinomycosis is characterized by chest pain, fever, weight loss, hemoptysis, and cough. Diagnosis of pulmonary actinomycosis should be based on a combination of several factors, including positive culture results, presence of sulfur granules in the purulent matter from infected tissues, clinical and radiological . . .
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