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A Case Report of an Intrathoracic Mass Lesion Caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum that Required Exclusion of a Malignant Tumor Diagnosis
A 57-year-old man with untreated diabetes mellitus was admitted to our hospital due to an intrathoracic mass lesion infiltrating the vertebral body and mediastinum. The mass was suspected to be invasive lung cancer; however, percutaneous needle biopsy revealed that the mass was inflammatory granulat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889786/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33615031 http://dx.doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2018-0036 |
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author | Seki, Yusuke Morii, Daiichi Hata, Kazunori Unno, Toshiyuki Yokozawa, Takayuki Li, Sayori Oda, Toshimi |
author_facet | Seki, Yusuke Morii, Daiichi Hata, Kazunori Unno, Toshiyuki Yokozawa, Takayuki Li, Sayori Oda, Toshimi |
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description | A 57-year-old man with untreated diabetes mellitus was admitted to our hospital due to an intrathoracic mass lesion infiltrating the vertebral body and mediastinum. The mass was suspected to be invasive lung cancer; however, percutaneous needle biopsy revealed that the mass was inflammatory granulation tissue caused by an Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an intrathoracic mass lesion caused by an A. haemolyticum infection. When an intrathoracic mass lesion is suspected, clinicians should consider possible infections that cause granulation tissue, such as A. haemolyticum. This is particularly important in immunocompromized hosts such as patients with diabetes. |
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spelling | pubmed-78897862021-02-19 A Case Report of an Intrathoracic Mass Lesion Caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum that Required Exclusion of a Malignant Tumor Diagnosis Seki, Yusuke Morii, Daiichi Hata, Kazunori Unno, Toshiyuki Yokozawa, Takayuki Li, Sayori Oda, Toshimi JMA J Case Report A 57-year-old man with untreated diabetes mellitus was admitted to our hospital due to an intrathoracic mass lesion infiltrating the vertebral body and mediastinum. The mass was suspected to be invasive lung cancer; however, percutaneous needle biopsy revealed that the mass was inflammatory granulation tissue caused by an Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an intrathoracic mass lesion caused by an A. haemolyticum infection. When an intrathoracic mass lesion is suspected, clinicians should consider possible infections that cause granulation tissue, such as A. haemolyticum. This is particularly important in immunocompromized hosts such as patients with diabetes. Japan Medical Association 2019-05-16 2019-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7889786/ /pubmed/33615031 http://dx.doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2018-0036 Text en Copyright © Japan Medical Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ JMA Journal is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Seki, Yusuke Morii, Daiichi Hata, Kazunori Unno, Toshiyuki Yokozawa, Takayuki Li, Sayori Oda, Toshimi A Case Report of an Intrathoracic Mass Lesion Caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum that Required Exclusion of a Malignant Tumor Diagnosis |
title | A Case Report of an Intrathoracic Mass Lesion Caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum that Required Exclusion of a Malignant Tumor Diagnosis |
title_full | A Case Report of an Intrathoracic Mass Lesion Caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum that Required Exclusion of a Malignant Tumor Diagnosis |
title_fullStr | A Case Report of an Intrathoracic Mass Lesion Caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum that Required Exclusion of a Malignant Tumor Diagnosis |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case Report of an Intrathoracic Mass Lesion Caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum that Required Exclusion of a Malignant Tumor Diagnosis |
title_short | A Case Report of an Intrathoracic Mass Lesion Caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum that Required Exclusion of a Malignant Tumor Diagnosis |
title_sort | case report of an intrathoracic mass lesion caused by arcanobacterium haemolyticum that required exclusion of a malignant tumor diagnosis |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889786/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33615031 http://dx.doi.org/10.31662/jmaj.2018-0036 |
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