Esophageal Actinomycoses Mimicking Malignancy Raghavendra Pillappa, MBBS, MD, Thomas F. O’Brien, MD, Jennifer L. Sullivan, MD, Benny Weksler, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 5, Pages 1967-1970 (May 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.044 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Computed tomography scan of the thorax showing a circumferential distal esophageal mass (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 1967-1970DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.044) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Actinomycotic colonies (arrow). (Hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification ×100.) (B) Filamentous bacterial colonies. (Gram stain; original magnification ×400.) (C) Filamentous bacterial colonies. (Gomori methenamine silver stain; original magnification ×400.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 1967-1970DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.044) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions