pediatric cervicofacial actinomycosis disclosing an underlying congenital dermoid cyst

Pediatric cervicofacial actinomycosis disclosing an underlying congenital dermoid cyst

Pediatric cervicofacial actinomycosis is a rare occurrence consequent to dental infections and manipulations or maxillofacial trauma. The clinical presentation ranges from multiple draining sinuses to swellings resembling tumors and cysts. The present unusual case had congenital dermoid cyst of mid upper lip with Actinomyces israelii infection identified on microscopy, culture, and histopatholo...

[Pediatric cervicofacial actinomycosis - case report and review of the literature]

OBJECTIVE: To emphasize important features in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with childhood cervical actinomycosis. SUBJECT AND METHODS: We report the case of a patient with cervicofacial actinomycosis. We also carried out a review of the literature from the past few years (Lilacs and Medline). RESULTS: We followed a male patient admitted to the pediatric infectious disease ward. Diag...

Jugal Mass: an Unusual Presentation of Cervicofacial Actinomycosis

Cervicofacial actinomycosis is a chronic disease, rarely seen, characterized by abscess formation and tissue fibrosis. It can mimic a number of other conditions, particularly malignancy and granulomatous disease, and should be included in the differential diagnosis of any soft tissue swelling in the head and neck. The most frequent clinical form is cervicofacial actinomycosis. In the present st...

Cervicofacial actinomycosis: still a difficult differential diagnosis.

Cervicofacial actinomycosis, a rare chronic infectious disease, is, however, an important clinical entity, due to the difficulties involved, still today, in its diagnosis. Following personal experience in a case referred to our Department, and in agreement with reports in the literature, attention is drawn to the presenting clinical manifestations, stressing that these are often confusing since...

Cervicofacial actinomycosis: report of two cases.

This article presents two cases of actinomycosis. Case 1 was a 39-year-old man who was first seen with the chief complaint of swelling around the left submandibular region. Case 2 was a 40-year-old woman who was first seen with the chief complaint of mass formation around the left buccal area. Both cases were initially diagnosed as malignant tumors and were later histopathologically interpreted...

[Dermoid cyst].