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Year:
2015 |
Month:
October
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Volume:
4 |
Issue:
4 |
Page:
62 - 64 |
Abdominal Actinomycosis in Male
Patient- A Case Report
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Correspondence
Surekha U Arakeri, Prachi Sinkar, Dr Surekha U. Arakeri,
Professor, Department of Pathology, BLDE University,
Shri B M Patil Medical College & Research Centre,
Bijapur, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: drsuarakeri@hotmail.com :
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Actinomycosis is a chronic, suppurative granulomatous inflammation commonly caused by Actinomycosis Israelii. Invasive infection of abdomen by this organism comprises 20% of all actinomycotic infections. It is commonly seen in women using intrauterine devices and is rarely reported in males. The rarity of disease in general and its non-specific clinical, biochemical, and radiological features are the causes for frequently mistaking this condition as neoplasm, tuberculosis, appendicitis or inflammatory bowel disease clinically. We report a case of abdominal actinomycosis in a male patient which was clinically masquerading as abdominal tuberculosis and abdominal neoplasm. Diagnosis of actinomycosis was made in this case on histopathology.
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