Actinomycosis of the breast and lungs

Abstract

Actinomycosis is a chronic, progressive, and often relapsing granulomatous infection that characteristically crosses tissue planes and forms abscesses and sinus tracts. We report a unique case of a woman with actinomycosis presenting with a breast abscess, a sinus tract spontaneously exiting the sternum, and miliary lung lesions.

Keywords:

• Actinomycosis
• breast abscess
• miliary lung lesion
• sinus tract
• sulfur granules