Actinomycosis of submandibular gland: An unusual presentation of a rare entity

Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative infection that can occur in the head and neck region. Though cervico-facial actinomycosis is well described, primary actinomycosis of the salivary gland is rare and can present as any other suppurative infection or can simulate malignancy. We hereby report a ca...

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Autores principales: Puri, Harpreet, Narang, Vikram, Chawla, Juhi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4451649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097319
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.157212
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author Puri, Harpreet
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description Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative infection that can occur in the head and neck region. Though cervico-facial actinomycosis is well described, primary actinomycosis of the salivary gland is rare and can present as any other suppurative infection or can simulate malignancy. We hereby report a case of a young male with primary actinomycosis of submandibular gland, presenting as acute suppurative infection and diagnosed on histopathology.
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spelling pubmed-44516492015-06-19 Actinomycosis of submandibular gland: An unusual presentation of a rare entity Puri, Harpreet Narang, Vikram Chawla, Juhi J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative infection that can occur in the head and neck region. Though cervico-facial actinomycosis is well described, primary actinomycosis of the salivary gland is rare and can present as any other suppurative infection or can simulate malignancy. We hereby report a case of a young male with primary actinomycosis of submandibular gland, presenting as acute suppurative infection and diagnosed on histopathology. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4451649/ /pubmed/26097319 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.157212 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 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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Actinomycosis of submandibular gland: An unusual presentation of a rare entity
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title_full_unstemmed Actinomycosis of submandibular gland: An unusual presentation of a rare entity
title_short Actinomycosis of submandibular gland: An unusual presentation of a rare entity
title_sort actinomycosis of submandibular gland: an unusual presentation of a rare entity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4451649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26097319
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.157212
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