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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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author Memon, Riyasat Ahmed
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-69431062020-01-13 Abdominal actinomycosis in an elderly diabetic Memon, Riyasat Ahmed Shafquat, Yusra Yaqoob, Nausheen Pak J Med Sci Case Report 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. Professional Medical Publications 2020-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6943106/ /pubmed/31933616 http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.ICON-Suppl.1724 Text en Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Memon, Riyasat Ahmed
Shafquat, Yusra
Yaqoob, Nausheen
Abdominal actinomycosis in an elderly diabetic
title Abdominal actinomycosis in an elderly diabetic
title_full Abdominal actinomycosis in an elderly diabetic
title_fullStr Abdominal actinomycosis in an elderly diabetic
title_full_unstemmed Abdominal actinomycosis in an elderly diabetic
title_short Abdominal actinomycosis in an elderly diabetic
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url 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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