Foreign body - induced Actinomycosis Mimicking Bronchogenic Carcinoma
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Foreign body-induced Actinomycosis Mimicking Bronchogenic Carcinoma
Actinomycosis is a slowly progressive infectious disease caused by an anaerobic and microaerophilic bacteria that colonizes the face, neck, lung, pleura and the ileocecal region. There have been a few cases of this disease which have involved in the lung but one very rare case has been reported. We report a case of foreign body-induced endobronchial actinomycosis mimicking bronchogenic carcinom...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1226-3303,2005-6648
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2002.17.3.207