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Facial Actinomycosis Mimicking a Cutaneous Tumor.
- Source :
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Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice [Wounds] 2017 Jan; Vol. 29 (1), pp. 10-13. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection that commonly occurs in the cervicofacial region. Although Actinomcyes is an element of the normal oral flora, infections of the facial skin are very rare because of the entirely endogenous habitation of the organism. The authors report a case of facial actinomycosis, which mimicked a cutaneous tumor both clinically and surgically in a 44-year-old woman with chronic renal failure and Hepatitis C viral infection. The majority of cases can be treated with long-term antibiotics. However, a treatment-resistant abscess, a fistula, or postsurgical excision of the mass formation that are infected can be treated with antibiotics as soon as possible, and recurrence of infection is prevented. The treatment should consist of conservative surgery to obtain a firm histological diagnosis and to drain any collections.
- Subjects :
- Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial complications
Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial drug therapy
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage
Cheek microbiology
Clindamycin administration & dosage
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hepatitis C, Chronic complications
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic complications
Penicillins administration & dosage
Skin Neoplasms diagnosis
Treatment Outcome
Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial diagnosis
Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial pathology
Cheek pathology
Skin Neoplasms pathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1943-2704
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28157685