Pulmonary Actinomycosis Mimicking Pulmonary Cancer on Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT.

Cureus

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology & Respiratory Medicine, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, JPN.

Published: December 2020

Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare disease frequently misdiagnosed as primary lung cancer. Herein, we presented pulmonary actinomycosis mimicking pulmonary cancer on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18-FDG) PET-CT.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7834555PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12306DOI Listing

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