An Unusual Case of Cavitary Lung Lesion and a Brief Review of Literature

Large cavitary pulmonary infarctions are extremely rare. Here, we report an unusual case of large pulmonary infarction due to pulmonary embolism (PE). This was complicated by secondary infection with Actinomyces leading to cavitary abscess formation. The patient had minimal non-specific symptoms des...

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Autores principales: Khanal, Kishor, Guan, Xuan, Parajuli, Parmatma, Manoucheri, Manoucher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7386077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754414
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9361

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7386077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754414
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9361

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