Intra-abdominal Actinomycosis Imitating Sigmoid Colon Cancer: A Case Report
| Autor: | Fazilet Kayaselçuk, Murat Kuş, Ramazan Sari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty 030106 microbiology Case Report Disease Actinomycosis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Abdominal actinomycosis medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Sigmoid colon Pathological Abdominal mass Bacterial disease Hepatology business.industry Gastroenterology Diverticulitis medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Radiology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases |
| ISSN: | 2008-5249 |
| DOI: | 10.34172/mejdd.2020.173 |
| Popis: | Actinomycosis is a rare bacterial disease characterized by chronic or subacute suppurative inflammation. Abdominal actinomycosis is rarer and accounts for approximately 20% of all actinomycosis cases. In the literature, patients who underwent surgery for actinomycosis mimicking malignant tumors have been reported. Most of these patients had mucosal trauma and inflammation signs. It is often difficult to diagnose abdominal actinomycosis preoperatively and often impossible to distinguish it from a malignant tumor. We present a case that preoperatively was diagnosed as a malignant tumor but pathological evaluation reported to be diverticulitis and actinomycosis. This case can increase the awareness about this disease, which is possible to be treated non-surgically. |
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