Pulmonary actinomycosis appearing as a "ball-in-hole" on chest radiography and bronchoscopy

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-222

  Hsieh, Meng Jer ^a,b   Shieh, Wen Bin ^a,b   Chen, Kuo Shyan ^a,b   Yu, Teng Jen ^a,b   Kuo, Han Pin ^a,b   Tsai, Ying Huang ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Bronchoscopy; Diabetes mellitus; Thoracic radiography

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 0030062360     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.2.221     Document Type: Article

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