Local invasive <i>Actinomyces</i> infection mimicking liver tumor


KEREM M., ÇELİK A., ERDEM O. A., Tastepe I.

ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.6, sa.5, ss.567-568, 2013 (ESCI) identifier identifier

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Actinomycosis is a chronic, suppurative disease characterized with granulomatosis and fibrosis. Although it causes oral and cervicofacial infections generally, in 20% of cases it is abdomino-pelvic located. A 24-year-old male patient was examined with the diagnosis of diaphragm, adrenale and chest wall-invasive mass in liver vault. Exploration and mass excision were made with pre-diagnosis of liver tumor and the pathologic result of the patient was reported to be Actinomyces infection. Having no problem in the post-operative period, patient was discharged following the arrangement of antibiotic treatment.