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Abdominal actinomycosis in an elderly diabetic

Actinomycosis is a rare infectious disease that presents as three entities, cervico-facial, abdominal and genital, with cervico-facial being the commonest. Due to its subacute presentation and indolent course, abdominal actinomycosis is difficult to diagnose and is often confused with malignancy. We...

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Autores principales: Memon, Riyasat Ahmed, Shafquat, Yusra, Yaqoob, Nausheen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Professional Medical Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6943106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31933616
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.ICON-Suppl.1724
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Sumario:Actinomycosis is a rare infectious disease that presents as three entities, cervico-facial, abdominal and genital, with cervico-facial being the commonest. Due to its subacute presentation and indolent course, abdominal actinomycosis is difficult to diagnose and is often confused with malignancy. We present a case of an elderly diabetic with no known other risk factors of the disease with complaints of right sided abdominal swelling and presence of abdominal mass on imaging, diagnosed post operatively as a case of abdominal actinomycosis, on histopathology. Abdominal actinomycosis should be considered in differentials in cases with abdominal masses. Diabetes Mellitus is not an established risk factor for development of abdominal actinomycosis. Studies are required to link its association with the disease.