Bloody sputum with cavitary lesions on chest computed tomography scans: a case report
Sun Xin
Zhang Ting
Peng Min
Wang Yao
Feng Rui′e
Shi Juhong
Authors Info & Affiliations
Sun Xin
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Zhang Ting
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Peng Min
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Wang Yao
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Feng Rui′e
Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Shi Juhong
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
This article reported a case of a middle-aged man with a 1-year history of intermittent cough and production of bloody sputum. Serum autoantibodies of the patient were negative. Early in the course of the disease, chest computed tomography (CT) scans showed a nodule in the right middle lung lobe with cavity formation. Surgical resection of the lesion was done with a postoperative pathological diagnosis of inflammatory pseudotumor. No treatment was given and his symptoms recurred with new patches in the right upper lobe. Pathology consultation from another hospital found vasculitis under the microscope and a diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis was made. His symptoms still worsened after glucocorticoid therapy. Final pathological consultation from Peking Union Medical College Hospital reached a diagnosis of pulmonary actinomycosis. Pulmonary lesions were absorbed after anti-infection treatment. The diagnosis and treatment of this patient provided more data for understanding of the relationship between infection and vasculitis among clinicians and pathologists.
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