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Actinomycosis of the Upper Lip
Actinomycotic infections are known to have an association with difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. These infections usually involve the head, neck, thorax, and abdomen. Actinomycosis of the upper lip is a rare condition and an important one as well, because it can imitate other diseases. As the...
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Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199410/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22028560 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2011.23.S1.S131 |
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author | Lee, Young Seok Sim, Hyun Soo Lee, Sook Kyung |
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description | Actinomycotic infections are known to have an association with difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. These infections usually involve the head, neck, thorax, and abdomen. Actinomycosis of the upper lip is a rare condition and an important one as well, because it can imitate other diseases. As the initial impression, it can easily be mistaken for a mucocele, venous lake, or benign neoplasm. An 82-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic normal skin colored nodule on the upper lip. Histopathologic findings showed an abscess and sulfur granules in the dermis. Gram staining results showed a mesh of branching rods. In this report, we present an unusual case of actinomycosis of the upper lip and discuss its characteristics and therapeutic modalities. |
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spelling | pubmed-31994102011-10-25 Actinomycosis of the Upper Lip Lee, Young Seok Sim, Hyun Soo Lee, Sook Kyung Ann Dermatol Case Report Actinomycotic infections are known to have an association with difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. These infections usually involve the head, neck, thorax, and abdomen. Actinomycosis of the upper lip is a rare condition and an important one as well, because it can imitate other diseases. As the initial impression, it can easily be mistaken for a mucocele, venous lake, or benign neoplasm. An 82-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic normal skin colored nodule on the upper lip. Histopathologic findings showed an abscess and sulfur granules in the dermis. Gram staining results showed a mesh of branching rods. In this report, we present an unusual case of actinomycosis of the upper lip and discuss its characteristics and therapeutic modalities. Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology 2011-09 2011-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3199410/ /pubmed/22028560 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2011.23.S1.S131 Text en Copyright © 2011 Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Lee, Young Seok Sim, Hyun Soo Lee, Sook Kyung Actinomycosis of the Upper Lip |
title | Actinomycosis of the Upper Lip |
title_full | Actinomycosis of the Upper Lip |
title_fullStr | Actinomycosis of the Upper Lip |
title_full_unstemmed | Actinomycosis of the Upper Lip |
title_short | Actinomycosis of the Upper Lip |
title_sort | actinomycosis of the upper lip |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199410/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22028560 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2011.23.S1.S131 |
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