Weekly Chest CasesArchive of Old Cases

Case No : 324 Date 2004-01-10

  • Courtesy of Yun-Hyeon Kim, M.D. / Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea
  • Age/Sex 47 / M
  • Chief ComplaintIntermittent blood-tinged sputum for two weeks
  • Figure 1
  • Figure 2
  • Figure 3

Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Actinomycosis
Radiologic Findings
Chest CT scans show irrregular lobulated nodule with mild contrast enhancement in apicoposterior segment of left upper lobe. The nodule has small satellite nodular lesions and ground glass attenuated areas around the nodule. There was no enlarged lymph node in medistinum. No pleural eabnormality was noted
Brief Review
Please refer to case 10 and 174, 268
References
Please refer to case 10 and 174, 268
Keywords
Lung, Infection, Bacterial infection,

No. of Applicants : 25

▶ Correct Answer : 3/25,  12.0%
  • - CIM Saint Dizier, France JC Leclerc
  • - Dong-A University Hospital, Korea Ki-Nam Lee
  • - Social Security Hospital, Ankara, Turkey Meric Tuzun
▶ Semi-Correct Answer : 15/25,  60.0%
  • - Annecy Hospital, France Gilles Genin
  • - CHU Nancy-Brabois, France Denis Regent
  • - Chungju Hospital, Konkuk University, Korea Chang Hee Lee
  • - Clinic 1, Moscow, Russia Lepikhina Dasha
  • - Dodoens Ziekenhuis Mechelen, Belgium Ivan Pilate
  • - Ewha Women's University Hospital, Korea Sung Shine Shim
  • - Gwangmyoung Sung-Ae Hospital, Korea Jiyong Rhee
  • - Hangang SacredHeart Hospital, Korea Eil Seong Lee
  • - Homs National Hospital, Homs, Syria Rami Abou Zalaf
  • - Incheon Sarang Hospital, Korea Jung Hee Kim
  • - Jeju Hanmaeum Hospital, Korea Kwon Hyoung Kim
  • - Kyung Hee university medical center, Korea Sang-Won Kim
  • - Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, USA Jin Mo Goo
  • - Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey Cetin Celenk
  • - Tokyo Kouseinenkin Hospital , Japan Noriatsu Ichiba
  • Top
  • Back

Each Case of This Site Supplied by the Members of KSTR.
Copyright of the Images is in the KSTR and Original Supplier.
Current Editor : Sang Young Oh, M.D., Ph.D Email : sangyoung.oh@gmail.com

This website is optimized for IE 10 and above.