Abdominal Actinomycosis: a Report of Two Cases
| Autor: | A Mert, Gunduz Y, Ali Tamer, Oguz Karabay |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Abdominal pain Actinomycosis Abdomen Humans Medicine Abscess Ovarian cyst business.industry Transverse colon General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Abdominal mass Abdominal Pain medicine.anatomical_structure Female Surgery Radiology medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Chirurgica Belgica. 106:351-353 |
| ISSN: | 0001-5458 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00015458.2006.11679906 |
| Popis: | Actinomyces spp. cause a chronic suppurative, granulomatous disease which is characterized clinically by extensive abscess formation, recurrent draining of sinuses and fistulae and histologically by the presence of the so-called “sulphur granules”. Colonic actinomycosis is a relatively rare infection and its diagnosis is difficult. We report the case of a female patient who was operated on for ovarian cyst and the case of another female patient operated on for a mass in the transverse colon. In both cases the pathology of the excised tissues revealed actinomycosis. Actinomycosis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients who present with abdominal pain, fever, leu-cocytosis and intestinal wall thickness and /or abdominal mass. |
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