Actinomycosis which Impersonates Malignancy
| Autor: | Rajshekhar Halli, Sanjana Sethi, Kalyani Gelada, Husain Mograwala |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Dental practice
medicine.medical_specialty maxillary bone destruction Malignancy Case Report - Infection Actinomycosis Malignant disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Antibiotic therapy Nasal septum Medicine 030223 otorhinolaryngology Gingival recession biology business.industry 030206 dentistry Actinomyces israelii biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Dermatology medicine.anatomical_structure Surgery Oral Surgery medicine.symptom crossing the midline business malignancy |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery |
| ISSN: | 2249-3816 2231-0746 |
| Popis: | Actinomycosis is a suppurative and often chronic bacterial infection most commonly caused by Actinomyces israelii. Actinomycotic infections may mimic more common oral diseases or present in a similar way to malignant disease. Treatment of actinomycosis involves surgical removal of the infected tissue and appropriate antibiotic therapy to eliminate the infection. Rarely seen in day-to-day dental practice, actinomycosis of the oral cavity is a highly significant condition due to its aggressive and locally destructive nature. We report a case of actinomycosis leading to extensive destruction and sequestration of the maxillary bone and deviation of the nasal septum, affecting a patient who complained of an unhealed extraction socket, chronic halitosis, and exposure of the bone with gingival recession crossing the midline. |
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