Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic granulomatous infection caused by gram-positive, anaerobic to microaerophilic branching filamentous bacteria. In the cervicofacial region, it usually presents as an enlarging neck mass. It remains a diagnostic challenge due to the fact that cultures show no growth in more than 50% of cases. We report a case of a 67-year-old patient known to have a neck mass seco...

Human actinomycosis is a bacterial infection caused primarily by Actinomyces israelii, a resident of the oral cavity. The cervicofacial region is most commonly affected; thoracic and abdominal forms of the disease have also been distinguished. Actinomycosis is sometimes difficult to diagnose and it should be borne in mind in the differential diagnosis of numerous infectious and non-infectious d...

Actinomycosis, a rather uncommon infection of the oral cavity, poses and unusual problem: recurrence. Primary or initial diagnosis of the disease is difficult and can be made easier only if the clinician bears in mind a few important facts: a previously compromised site is usually present, a slow, low-grade, almost painless infectious course is prevalent which tends to localize, and respond...

actinomycosis can involve all parts of the urogenital system. urachal actinomycosis rarely reported and was mistaken with urachal adenocarcinoma. we report a case of urachal actinomycosis that presented with abdominal pain and underwent laparotomy with the diagnosis of urachal malignancy pathology reviewed the diagnosis of urachal actinomycosis. patient had no problem in two years follow up.

Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative bacterial infection characterized by multiple abscesses, fistulous pathways, and fibrosis involving the face, neck, chest, and abdomen. It is caused by an anaerobic Gram-positive saprophytic bacterium (Actinomyces). Primary actinomycosis of the lung is a rare disease that probably results from aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions. It can present as a chr...

CONTEXT Chronic alcoholic pancreatitis is a debilitating disease that is often complicated by pseudotumoral changes of the pancreas, retroperitoneal fibrosis, and pancreatic cancer. Actinomycosis is an uncommon intra-abdominal infection and its association with chronic pancreatitis has been rarely reported. CASE REPORT We present a case of a patient with progressive long standing chronic panc...

Sir, Actinomycosis is a chronic progressive suppurative and granulomatous disease caused by Actinomyces israelii. It can a¡ect all organs and tissues of the body, however, primary cutaneous actinomycosis is rare (1). The lesions occur as subcutaneous nodules, usually on the exposed areas, which enlarge slowly and ulcerate to form sinuses. The disease continues for several years, causing marked ...

Ochsner and Dixon (1936), in a review of world literature, cited 120 cases of supenor vena caval thrombosis. Twenty-eight of these were due to chronic mediastinitis, of which eleven were stated to be due to syphilis, ten to tuberculosis, one to pyogenic infection, one to trauma, and five of unknown aetiology. Tubbs (1946) reported three further cases of superior vena caval obstruction, one of w...

This study was designed to evaluate the clinical features of abdominal actinomycosis and to assess its therapeutic outcome. We reviewed patients with abdominal actinomycosis in Seoul St. Mary hospital, between January 1994 and January 2010. Twenty-three patients (5 male and 18 female, mean age, 47.8 yr; range, 6-75 yr), with abdominal actinomycosis were included. Emergency surgery was performed...

Actinomycosis is a chronic disease characterized by abscess formation, tissue fibrosis, draining sinuses and ulcers. It is caused by the filamentous, gram-positive anaerobic or microaerophilic bacterial species of the genus Actinomyces. Actinomycosis mainly presents in three forms: cervicofacial (31-65%), abdominopelvic (2036%) and thoracic (15-30%). Abdominal actinomycosis has often been calle...