Endobronchial actinomycosis associated with broncholithiasis: CT findings for nine patients.

Kim, Tae Sung; Han, Joungho; Koh, Won-Jung; Choi, Jae Chol; Chung, Myung Jin; Lee, Kyung Soo; Kwon, O Jung; Lee, Ju Hyun et al. · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2005

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Our objective was to assess the CT findings for endobronchial actinomycosis associated with broncholithiasis. Endobronchial actinomycosis associated with broncholithiasis manifests as a proximal obstructive calcified endobronchial nodule associated with distal post-obstructive pneumonia of the involved lobe or segment on CT. The possibility of endobronchial actinomycosis should be entertained when broncholithiasis is seen on CT in tuberculosis-endemic areas.

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