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A rare case of ascending colon actinomycosis mimicking cancer
BACKGROUND: Actinomycosis is a rare inflammatory disease caused by an anaerobic bacterium that can rarely affect the large intestine. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a rare case of a cecum and ascending colon actinomycosis in a 72 years old woman, mimicking clinically a malignant inflammatory tumor of...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2005
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC545056/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15631636 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-5-1 |