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Endobronchial actinomycosis with broncholithiasis presenting with hemoptysis-A case report.
J Family Med Prim Care
November 2024
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, RajaRajeswari Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Article Synopsis
- Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare lung infection caused by the bacterium Actinomyces and is often misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis or lung cancer due to its uncommon pulmonary presence.
- Endobronchial actinomycosis, where the infection occurs in the bronchial tubes, is very rare, and there have been instances of broncholithiasis (calcium stones in the bronchial tubes) linked to it.
- A case study of a 50-year-old male presenting with cough and hemoptysis (coughing up blood) revealed he had endobronchial actinomycosis with broncholithiasis, confirmed through a transbronchial biopsy.
A Case Presenting with Magnesium Oxide Broncholiths.
Intern Med
December 2024
Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
Tracheoesophageal fistula due to Candida and Actinomyces co-infection: A case report and comprehensive review of the literature.
Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp)
September 2024
1University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville SC, USA.
Article Synopsis
- Acquired benign tracheoesophageal and bronchoesophageal fistulas (TEFs) are often linked to granulomatous infections, primarily caused by medical interventions, with rare organisms like Candida albicans and Actinomyces involved.
- A case study describes a patient experiencing symptoms like cough and weight loss, leading to the discovery of a fistula and complications such as actinomycetoma and broncholithiasis due to the dual infection.
- The report emphasizes the importance of recognizing this uncommon co-infection and provides a diagnostic algorithm to aid healthcare professionals in identifying and treating TEs effectively.
Middle lobe syndrome revealing Broncholithiasis: A Case Report.
Tunis Med
April 2023
Service de Pneumologie, CHU Mohamed Taher Maamouri Nabeul - Tunisie.
Middle lobe syndrome is a rare but important clinical entity worth investigating in local obstructive or inflammatory cause. One of its rare etiologies is broncholithiasis. We report the observation of a young female patient who presented with recurrent hemoptysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCT features of feline cystic bronchiectasis forming mass lesions.
JFMS Open Rep
January 2024
Parallax Teleradiology, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, USA.
Case Series Summary: Cystic bronchiectasis was diagnosed in three cats with known histories of chronic coughing using CT and histopathology. CT of the lungs revealed large space-occupying lesions that compressed and displaced unaffected pulmonary parenchyma and vessels. The masses were soft tissue attenuating in two cases and gas-cavitated with areas of dependent fluid in one case.
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