Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 58 (4), 247-249, 2005
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Short Communication
Pulmonary Actinomycosis Mimicking Chest Wall Tumor in a Child
Faruk Guclu Pinarli*, Birgul Mutlu, Cetin Celenk1, Levent Yildiz2, Murat Elli, Ayhan Dagdemir and Sabri Acar
Department of Pediatric Oncology, 1Department of Radiology and 2Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
iReceived March 14, 2005. Accepted May 30, 2005j
*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Ataturk Bulvari no: 80, Akyuz sitesi A Blok 2 daire: 21, 55200 Samsun, Turkey. Tel: +90-362-3121919 int. 3324, Fax: +90-362-4576041, E-mail: fgpinarli1@ttnet.net.tr
SUMMARY: Actinomycosis is an uncommon disease in children
and most cases are cervicofacial infections. To date, there have
been only a few reports on children with chest wall involvement
due to actinomycosis. Here we report a 9-year-old girl with a
mass lesion in the chest wall mimicking Ewing's sarcoma of the
rib. Thoracic actinomycosis without typical features of the disease
is often evaluated with the suspicion of neoplasia. This rare
entity should be considered in the differential diagnosis of mass
lesions of the chest wall in children. The disease responds well
to penicillin treatment.