An unusual presentation of oro-facial actinomycosis, mimicking the clinical appearance of a malignant lesion is reported. The patient, a 74-year-old female, presented with a right submandibular mass, which slowly grew in size over a period of about 2 months, and a modest dysphagia. A painless cervical mass was palpable over the submandibular region. The rhino-pharyngo-laryngeal region, explored...

live in the mouth, gut and female genitalia. Actinomycetes are gram-positive filamentous bacteria rather than fungi, as is sometimes assumed (1). The first case of actinomycosis in a human was reported by Lebert in 1857 (1). Despite the frequency of actinomycosis, spinal actinomycosis is rarely encountered. In this report we describe the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imag...

Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapid grower, can cause pulmonary infection and cutaneous infection. They are usually resistant to multiple antimicrobials. So challenging physicians for treatment. Here we report a rare case of caused by mimicking actinomycosis. Keywords: Actinomycosis cutaneous infection, Mycobacterium NTM.

Actinomycosis is a chronic, suppurative, bacterial disease characterized by extensive fibrosis, occasional granulomas, abscess formation, and sinus discharge containing sulfur granules. In actinomycosis, the CNS is involved in only 3.3% of cases [1]. This report documents an actinomycotic granuloma simulating a trigeminal neuroma clinically, radiologically, and surgically. It is also the first ...

11 Sum mary Actinomycosis is a rare soft tissue infection caused by Gram-positive, anaerobic bacteria. It is rarely seen in childhood. However, most of the cases are misdiagnosed. Thus, the true prevalence cannot be estimated. The major clinical forms of actinomycosis are; cervicofacial, thoracic, abdominal and pelvic forms. The most frequent clinical form is cervicofacial actinomycosis. Diagno...

Pelvic actinomycosis in women most commonly occurs during ascending infections, usually associated with intrauterine devices (IUDs). However, secondary hepatic actinomycosis is very rare. A 47-year-old woman using IUDs for 18 years was referred under the impression of ovarian cancer. Further investigation revealed a hepatic tumor diagnosed as an inflammatory pseudotumor by fine needle aspiratio...

Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative and granulomatous disease characterized histologically by sulfur granules with extensive necrosis, fibrosis and sinus formation. Depending on the site of primary infection, actinomycosis is generally classified as cervicofacial, thoracic and abdominal type. The liver is known to be the primary site of infection in 15% with abdominal actinomycosis. The auth...

To investigate the main clinical characteristics of intraspinal actinomycosis and help early diagnosis and treatment of this rare disease, we reported a case which was initially misdiagnosed as spinal cord tumor based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. The diagnosis of intraspinal actinomycosis was eventually confirmed by histopathology. We further studied the relevant literatures to...

Hepatic actinomycosis poses a difficult problem in both diagnosis and management. We report the management of a patient with isolated hepatic actinomycosis, and review the clinical features and management of patients with hepatic actinomycosis mimicking liver tumour.

Actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused mainly by Actinomyces israelii. It is characterized by formation of multiple draining sinuses with discharge of characteristic yellow sulphur granules. There am five clinical types depending on the primary site of infection, namely cervicofacial, thoracic,, abdominal, primary cutaneous and pelvic. Primary cutaneous actinomycosis is very un...