Actinomycosis mimicking a tonsillar neoplasm in an elderly diabetic patient
| Autor: | Jonathan Sandoe, Zvoru G.G. Makura, Alec S. High, Sumit Samant |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Tonsillar Neoplasms Actinomycosis Tonsillar Neoplasm Diagnosis Differential medicine Carcinoma Humans Aged Tonsillectomy biology Vaginal flora business.industry Unilateral hypertrophy biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Tonsillitis stomatognathic diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Otorhinolaryngology Tonsil Female Surgery Oral Surgery Diabetic patient business Actinomyces Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 47:417-418 |
| ISSN: | 0266-4356 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.10.009 |
| Popis: | Actinomycosis is a slowly progressive infection that can occur anywhere in the body. Three distinct clinical entities are described: cervico-facial, abdomino-pelvic and thoracopulmonary. Actinomyces are anaerobic, gram positive, non-acid-fast, branched filamentous bacteria that form part of the normal oral, colonic and vaginal flora of humans. The cervico-facial form of the disease is commonest and results from direct invasion of commensal oral actinomyces into local tissues. The most frequently isolated species is A. israelii. We describe a case where Actinomycosis caused massive unilateral hypertrophy of the tonsil, mimicking neoplasia. This is an unusual presentation of Actinomycosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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