CERVICOFACIAL ACTINOMYCOSIS MIMICKING LYMPHANGIOMA CIRCUMSCRIPTUM

Primary cutaneous actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces israelii occurs most commonly in the cervicofacial area. It commonly presents as “lumpy jaw” with draining sinuses which discharge the characteristic “sulfur granules”. A low index of suspicion and a low sensitivity in culturing the organism, due...

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Autores principales: Kura, Mahendra M, Rane, Vrushali K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772599
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.82493
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description Primary cutaneous actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces israelii occurs most commonly in the cervicofacial area. It commonly presents as “lumpy jaw” with draining sinuses which discharge the characteristic “sulfur granules”. A low index of suspicion and a low sensitivity in culturing the organism, due to its fastidious nature often delays the diagnosis. An atypical clinical presentation mimicking lymphangioma circumscriptum with grouped papulovesicular and nodular lesions along the lower jaw extending from skin to the inner buccal mucosa, confirmed on histology and an excellent therapeutic response to penicillin is reported.
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spelling pubmed-31329152011-07-19 CERVICOFACIAL ACTINOMYCOSIS MIMICKING LYMPHANGIOMA CIRCUMSCRIPTUM Kura, Mahendra M Rane, Vrushali K Indian J Dermatol Case Report Primary cutaneous actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces israelii occurs most commonly in the cervicofacial area. It commonly presents as “lumpy jaw” with draining sinuses which discharge the characteristic “sulfur granules”. A low index of suspicion and a low sensitivity in culturing the organism, due to its fastidious nature often delays the diagnosis. An atypical clinical presentation mimicking lymphangioma circumscriptum with grouped papulovesicular and nodular lesions along the lower jaw extending from skin to the inner buccal mucosa, confirmed on histology and an excellent therapeutic response to penicillin is reported. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3132915/ /pubmed/21772599 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.82493 Text en © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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CERVICOFACIAL ACTINOMYCOSIS MIMICKING LYMPHANGIOMA CIRCUMSCRIPTUM
title CERVICOFACIAL ACTINOMYCOSIS MIMICKING LYMPHANGIOMA CIRCUMSCRIPTUM
title_full CERVICOFACIAL ACTINOMYCOSIS MIMICKING LYMPHANGIOMA CIRCUMSCRIPTUM
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title_short CERVICOFACIAL ACTINOMYCOSIS MIMICKING LYMPHANGIOMA CIRCUMSCRIPTUM
title_sort cervicofacial actinomycosis mimicking lymphangioma circumscriptum
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772599
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