Actinomycosis on left submandibular area: a case report

Autor:	Jung Soo Hong, Chung Ki Lee, Jung Hyun Seul, See Ho Choi, Ki Yeul Kim, Hyeong Ki Hwang
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	Pathology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.drug_class Antibiotics medicine.disease Surgery Penicillin Pathognomonic Mandibular actinomycosis Contiguous Spread Medicine Submandibular area Surgical excision Actinomycosis business medicine.drug
Zdroj:	Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine. 8:231
ISSN:	2234-8042 1225-7737
DOI:	10.12701/yujm.1991.8.1.231
Popis:	Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative and granulomatous bacterial infection characterized by contiguous spread, abcess formation and sinus tract formation. There are four clinical forms according to the lesional site, as 1) cervicofacial, 2) thoracic, 3) abdominal, and 4) disseminated form. Recently, we experienced a case of 54 year-old patient with left mandibular actinomycosis. The pathognomonic findings of actinomycosis is sulfur granule with multiple filaments in Gram-stain and the treatment of actinomycosis is surgical excision of mass or sinus tract with massive antibiotics(esp. Penicillin) therapy for 6 to 12 months.
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