Massive paediatric cervicofacial actinomycoses masquerading as an ulcerative malignancy

BACKGROUND: Paediatric cervicofacial actinomycosis is a rare infectious disease caused by Actinomyces spp. and usually presents as a chronic, suppurative and granulomatous inflammation with a propensity to mimic malignant conditions. CASE PRESENTATION: We discuss the case of an 11-year-old African f...

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Autores principales: Sama, Carlson–Babila, Mbarga, Nicole Fouda, Oben, Calvin Eta, Mbarga, Jules A., Nfor, Elvis Kiloh, Angwafo III, Fru F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4986358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27526941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1768-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4986358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27526941
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1768-8

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