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Pericardial actinomycosis with cardiac tamponade from a contiguous thoracic lesion.
A case of acute pericardial tamponade due to actinomycotic infection is reported, in which computed tomography showed a mass adjacent to the heart and a pericardial effusion. The patient had aggressive medical treatment with penicillin and survived.
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Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic, and slowly progressive granulomatous disease caused by filamentous Gram posi tive anaerobic bacteria from the Actinomycetaceae family (genus Actinomyces). It is often misdiagnosed because it can mimic other conditions such as malignancy and tuber culosis, and a high level of clinical suspicion is needed for an early diagnosis. However, it is readily treatable...
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Thoracic actinomycosis was identified in a 14 year old girl. The disease is infrequent in children and diagnosis is difficult. The occurrence of a protracted pulmonary lesion, together with osteomyelitis of several ribs and by fistulae formation in the chest wall, with production of characteristic "sulfur granules", were the key elements to suspect the right diagnosis, which was confirmed by a ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 1951
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.3.6.854