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Hepatic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report
Abdominal actinomycosis is a rare disease caused by a Gram-positive bacillus (Actinomyces). Liver manifestation is rare and, in patients with a history of cancer, differential diagnosis with secondary malignant disease can be difficult. Microbiological result is necessary for a correct diagnosis, th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186530 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21234 |
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author | Frutuoso, Luisa Pereira, Ana Marta Oliveira, Vera Gonçalves, Gil Nora, Mário |
author_facet | Frutuoso, Luisa Pereira, Ana Marta Oliveira, Vera Gonçalves, Gil Nora, Mário |
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description | Abdominal actinomycosis is a rare disease caused by a Gram-positive bacillus (Actinomyces). Liver manifestation is rare and, in patients with a history of cancer, differential diagnosis with secondary malignant disease can be difficult. Microbiological result is necessary for a correct diagnosis, though not always possible in preoperative workout. The authors present a case of hepatic actinomycosis that mimicked oncological disease and led to a more aggressive surgical approach. |
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spelling | pubmed-88442542022-02-17 Hepatic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report Frutuoso, Luisa Pereira, Ana Marta Oliveira, Vera Gonçalves, Gil Nora, Mário Cureus Radiology Abdominal actinomycosis is a rare disease caused by a Gram-positive bacillus (Actinomyces). Liver manifestation is rare and, in patients with a history of cancer, differential diagnosis with secondary malignant disease can be difficult. Microbiological result is necessary for a correct diagnosis, though not always possible in preoperative workout. The authors present a case of hepatic actinomycosis that mimicked oncological disease and led to a more aggressive surgical approach. Cureus 2022-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8844254/ /pubmed/35186530 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21234 Text en Copyright © 2022, Frutuoso et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Radiology Frutuoso, Luisa Pereira, Ana Marta Oliveira, Vera Gonçalves, Gil Nora, Mário Hepatic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report |
title | Hepatic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report |
title_full | Hepatic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Hepatic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Hepatic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report |
title_short | Hepatic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report |
title_sort | hepatic actinomycosis mimicking malignancy after pancreaticoduodenectomy: a case report |
topic | Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186530 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21234 |
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