Plasma cell granuloma (PCG) of the lung is a rare disease that usually presents as a pulmonary nodule or mass on incidental radiographic examination without symptoms. Although the etiology of PCG is still controversial, many findings have lent support to the lesion being a reactive inflammatory process rather than a neoplastic one. We describe a 53-yr-old male who presented with a hemoptysis and have a lung mass at the left upper lobe on chest radiograph. The lung mass was primarily diagnosed as PCG by percutaneous needle aspiration and biopsy, and the patient was treated with oral steroid because he and relatives refused the operation. However, the size of the lung mass did not change and open thoracotomy and lobectomy were done therefore. He was confirmed as having pulmonary actinomycosis with PCG after surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PCG associated with actinomycosis in Korea.
Middle Aged ; Male ; Lung Diseases/*complications/*diagnosis ; Humans ; Granuloma, Plasma Cell/*complications/*diagnosis ; Actinomycosis/*complications/*diagnosis

Actinomycosis ; complications ; diagnosis ; Hemoptysis ; etiology ; Humans ; Lung Diseases ; complications ; diagnosis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Recurrence

Actinomycosis ; complications ; Adult ; Empyema, Pleural ; etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Liver Diseases ; complications

Actinomycosis ; complications ; Humans ; Laryngeal Neoplasms ; surgery ; Papilloma ; surgery ; Postoperative Complications ; microbiology

The patient presented with right nasal obstruction, purulent secretion in nasal meatus and dull headache for 3 years. A dark brown mass, irregular in shape, surface roughness and purulent secretion adherent, was seen in the nose, touched as coal tar stone. CT examination showed high density in the right nasal meatus. Postoperative pathological examination proved to be rhinolith and actinomycosis.
Actinomycosis ; complications ; Calculi ; Humans ; Male ; Nose Diseases ; complications ; microbiology ; Young Adult

A 36-year-old woman presented with a palpable tender mass at the left lower quadrant of the abdomen. She had suffered from constipation for five years and had a previous history of intrauterine device-use for one year. Preoperative barium enema and abdominopelvic CT showed a compatible finding of rectosigmoid colon cancer or left ovary cancer. She underwent segmental resection of the sigmoid colon along with the removal of left distal ureter, left ovary and salpinx. Pathologic examination revealed actinomycotic abscesses containing sulfur granules. Thereafter, she took parenteral ampicillin (50mg/kg/day) for one month and oral amoxicillin (250mg, tid) for 2 months consecutively. The patient has no specific problems for 6 months after surgical resection and long-term antibiotic therapy. This report may be the first of intrauterine device-associated pelvic actinomycosis involving both sigmoid colon and rectum extensively.
Actinomycosis/*complications ; Adult ; Case Report ; Colonic Diseases/*etiology/microbiology ; Female ; Human ; Intestinal Obstruction/*etiology/microbiology ; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease/*complications

Although pulmonary artery aneurysms are a rare vascular anomaly, they are seen in a wide variety of conditions, such as congenital heart disease, infection, trauma, pulmonary hypertension, cystic medial necrosis and generalized vasculitis. To our knowledge, mycotic aneurysms caused by pulmonary actinomycosis have not been reported in the radiologic literature. Herein, a case of pulmonary actinomycosis complicated by mycotic aneurysm is presented. On CT scans, this case showed focal aneurysmal dilatation of a peripheral pulmonary artery within necrotizing pneumonia of the right lower lobe, which was successfully treated with transcatheter embolization using wire coils.
Actinomycosis/*complications ; Aged ; Aneurysm, Infected/*etiology/*radiography/therapy ; Embolization, Therapeutic ; Human ; Male ; Pneumonia, Bacterial/*complications ; *Pulmonary Artery ; Treatment Outcome

We have studied general patient characteristics, the early and late postoperative complications associated with each procedure and the results of urodynamic studies in 29 patients who had received various kinds of urinary diversion at the Dept. of Urology, Dong-A University Hospital from May 1990 to May l994. The results are as follows. 1. Of 29 urinary diversions, ileal conduit was performed in 18 patients, appendicoureterocutaneostomy in 2, Indiana pouch in 8 and rectal pouch in l. The surgical indications were bladder tumor in 28 and pelvic actinomycosis in 1 2. Sex ratio between male and female was 22:7. Average age according to each procedure was 67,4 years old in ileal conduit group, 62.5 years old in appendicoureterocutaneostomy, 54.3 years old in lndiana pouch, and 33.0 years old in rectal pouch. Average operative time ranged from 275.5 to 647.5 minutes. with lndiana pouch group taking maximum time and appendicoureterocutaneostomy group taking the least time. 3. There was no change in postoperative renal function and serum electrolytes. Concerning the period of hospital stay, ileal conduit in 21.3 days, Indiana pouch group was 28.7 and appendicoureterocutaneostomy in 20.5 days being the shortest of all. 4. Wound infection was most common early postoperative complication occurring in 5 out of 29 patients. Anastomotic leakage was seen in 2 out of 18 ileal conduits, 2 paralytic ileus in ilea1 conduit and lndiana pouch each. 5. Six months postoperative cystometric studies show the average volume and average reservoir pressure of 533.3ml and 22.7cmH2O in lndiana pouch and 38.0cmH2O in rectal pouch which is greater than the maximum intraluminal pressure. In conclusion, the author believes that the urologic surgeon should be familiar with several procedures, because these procedures should be tailored to the patient's anatomy, prior surgery, renal function and preference.
Actinomycosis ; Anastomotic Leak ; Electrolytes ; Female ; Humans ; Indiana ; Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction ; Length of Stay ; Male ; Operative Time ; Postoperative Complications ; Sex Ratio ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ; Urinary Diversion* ; Urodynamics ; Urology ; Wound Infection

Primary hepatic actinomycosis is one of the chronic abscess-forming infections of the liver. Accurate diagnosis is frequently delayed due to its indolent course and nonspecific clinical and radiological manifestations. We report a case of a 57-year-old man presenting with asymptomatic multiple hepatic masses on follow-up abdominal computed tomography performed 1 year after stomach cancer surgery. Although a percutaneous liver biopsy procedure was conducted twice in order to obtain confirmative pathology, only a nonspecific organizing abscess with plasma cell infiltration was revealed, without identification of any organism in the tissue cultures. Ultimately, actinomycosis was diagnosed following the detection of sulfur granules on open surgical biopsied tissue. This case suggests that primary hepatic actinomycosis should be considered as one of the possible causes for enigmatic inflammatory lesions of the liver.
Actinomycosis/*diagnosis/drug therapy/microbiology ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Biopsy, Needle ; Humans ; Liver Abscess/complications ; Liver Diseases/*diagnosis/microbiology/pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Actinomycosis is a slowly progressive infectious disease caused by an anaerobic and microaerophilic bacteria that colonizes the face, neck, lung, pleura and the ileocecal region. There have been a few cases of this disease which have involved in the lung but one very rare case has been reported. We report a case of foreign body-induced endobronchial actinomycosis mimicking bronchogenic carcinoma in a 69-year-old man. On admission, the patient presented with weight loss, cough and hemoptysis. The fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed a soft tissue mass, with a partial occlusion of the left upper bronchus, which resembled bronchogenic carcinoma. Contrary to the first impression, the biopsy of the bronchus revealed the mass lesion to be an actinomycotic infection involving the bronchus. After the confirmation of the lesion, treatment with penicillin was initiated. The follow-up bronchoscopy revealed an aspirated fish bone at the site of infection. The foreign body was safely removed.
Actinomycosis/*diagnosis/etiology ; Aged ; Biopsy ; Bronchi/microbiology/pathology ; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic/*diagnosis ; Case Report ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Foreign Bodies/*complications ; Human ; Lung Neoplasms/*diagnosis ; Male