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Persistence of a Cervical Neck Mass, Not Just the Lymphoma
Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic granulomatous infection caused by gram-positive, anaerobic to microaerophilic branching filamentous bacteria. In the cervicofacial region, it usually presents as an enlarging neck mass. It remains a diagnostic challenge due to the fact that cultures show no growth in...
Autores principales: | Ghanem, Sassine, Zaarour, Mazen, Ibrahim, Uroosa, Saouma, Samer, Liu, Ying, Kong, Fanyi, Atallah, Jean Paul |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5039034/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27699142 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.746 |
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