Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as a malignant lung tumor

• Main Authors: Ved Prakash (Author), Surya Kant (Author), Ashwini Kumar Mishra (Author), Ajay Kumar Verma (Author), Saumya Shukla (Author), SNS Yadav (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary actinomycosis being a rare disease is an important and challenging diagnosis to make. The disease is commonly confused with conditions such as chronic suppurative lung diseases and malignancy thus requiring a high index of suspicion. Considerable psychological and physical morbidity, inclu...