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Actinomycosis mimicking a tonsillar neoplasm in an elderly diabetic patient
- Source :
- British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 47:417-418
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2009.
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Abstract
- Actinomycosis is a slowly progressive infection that can occur anywhere in the body. Three distinct clinical entities are described: cervico-facial, abdomino-pelvic and thoracopulmonary. Actinomyces are anaerobic, gram positive, non-acid-fast, branched filamentous bacteria that form part of the normal oral, colonic and vaginal flora of humans. The cervico-facial form of the disease is commonest and results from direct invasion of commensal oral actinomyces into local tissues. The most frequently isolated species is A. israelii. We describe a case where Actinomycosis caused massive unilateral hypertrophy of the tonsil, mimicking neoplasia. This is an unusual presentation of Actinomycosis.
- Subjects :
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Tonsillar Neoplasms
Actinomycosis
Tonsillar Neoplasm
Diagnosis, Differential
medicine
Carcinoma
Humans
Aged
Tonsillectomy
biology
Vaginal flora
business.industry
Unilateral hypertrophy
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Tonsillitis
stomatognathic diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Otorhinolaryngology
Tonsil
Female
Surgery
Oral Surgery
Diabetic patient
business
Actinomyces
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02664356
- Volume :
- 47
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e6c8be899693897811a13bc5546e5378