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Lingual Actinomycosis Mimicking Lingual Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) [PDF]
Advanced Biomedical ResearchActinomycosis is an infection caused by Actinomyces israelii and mainly affects cervicofacial areas. In women, other regions, such as the chest, abdomen, and pelvic cavity can involve actinomycosis. Actinomycosis lesions in the oral cavity can cause pain,
Mohsen Meidani +4 more
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Colloid Adenocarcinoma of the Lung With Concomitant Pulmonary Actinomycosis: A Case Report [PDF]
Respirology Case ReportsColloid adenocarcinoma of the lung is a rare subtype of lung adenocarcinoma characterised by the destruction of pre‐existing airspaces caused by mucin produced by the tumour.
Minoru Sugihara +5 more
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Pulmonary actinomycosis misdiagnosed as lung cancer: a case report [PDF]
Journal of International Medical ResearchPulmonary actinomycosis is a rare pulmonary infectious disease that is often challenging to diagnose early and has a high misdiagnosis rate. In some cases, it can be particularly difficult to distinguish pulmonary actinomycosis from lung cancer.
Song Wu, Zhonghua Qin
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Endobronchial actinomycosis with broncholithiasis presenting with hemoptysis—A case report [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CarePulmonary actinomycosis is a rare chronic pulmonary infection caused by actinomyces. Pulmonary involvement is uncommon and often leads to a misdiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis or lung cancer.
Aleena Mariam Mathew +3 more
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Nocardiosis and Actinomycosis [PDF]
Medicine, 2001 Nocardiosis and actinomycosis are chronic granulomatous infections caused by Gram-positive bacilli of the order Actinomycetales. These are characterized by branching filaments that can develop into mycelia. Both diseases are causes of chronic cavitary sepsis and are being seen increasingly in immunocompromised patients, in whom they can result in ...
Ruan S. Simpson, Robert C. Read
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Actinomycosis of the Orbit [PDF]
Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 1992 Actinomycosis is a very rare cause of orbital abscess usually attributable to direct spread from adjacent structures. A case of actinomycosis of the orbit is presented, which was treated as orbital pseudotumour for 3 months before progression of signs and symptoms, despite high dose steroids, led to the diagnosis being reconsidered.
Sullivan, TJ, Aylward, GW, Wright, JE
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Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 2014 Introduction. Actinomycosis is an uncommon chronic granulomatous infection first described by Bollinger in 1877. The infection is caused by actinomyces species and it is characterized by slow contiguous spread and suppurative inflammation, formation of multiple abscesses and sinus tracts with possible drainage of ?sulfur granules?.
Berislav Perić +3 more
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Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2003 Intra-abdominal and extraperitoneal actinomycosis are rare infections, caused by different Actinomyces species. However, they have been diagnosed more frequently in the last ten years. We report three cases of abdominal actinomycosis and a literature review of the last eight years.
H. F. K. Männl +3 more
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