PULMONARY SEQUESTRATION ASSOCIATED WITH ACTINOMYCOSIS: A CASE REPORT

TYPE: Case Report TOPIC: Chest Infections INTRODUCTION: Bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS) is a rare congenital malformation of the lower respiratory tract; it consists nonfunctioning mass lung tissue that irrigated by an anomalous systemic artery. The association with Actinomyces superinfection has not been well established. CASE PRESENTATION: We present case 35-year-old woman history recurrent episodes pneumonia. Based on radiological and histopathological examination, she was diagnosed intralobar bronchopulmonary associated infection. DISCUSSION: Pulmonary actinomycosis chronic, indolent slowly progressive disease. pulmonary BPS established, only one reported in literature so far; however, identification other microorganisms have documented, most prevalent being Aspergillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria, Pseudomonas Nocardia. Most patients superinfection, such as our case, are asymptomatic carried anomaly for years without diagnosis, identified incidentally during routine physical examination or CONCLUSIONS: BPS. These two entities similar clinical characteristics, chronicity, presence multiple pneumonia nonspecific presentation. Therefore, diagnosis difficult likely final made through to culture. There high frequency infection BPS, accurate causative organism, including spp., should be achieved. DISCLOSURE: Nothing declare. KEYWORD: