Abdominal actinomycosis masquerading as an omental tumor in a 12-year-old female

Y Hirayama, Y Iinuma, N Hashizume, M Yoshida… - Journal of Infection and …, 2013 - Elsevier
We herein report a case of abdominal actinomycosis in a 12-year-old girl in whom an
omental primary tumor was suspected before surgery. The patient began to experience …

[HTML][HTML] Abdominal mass secondary to actinomyces infection: an unusual presentation and its treatment

Y Sumer, B Yilmaz, B Emre, C Ugur - Journal of postgraduate …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Abdominal actinomycosis may appear as an abdominal mass and/or abscess. This mass
can mimic a malignant tumour. The diagnosis and management of abdominal actinomycosis …

[HTML][HTML] Abdominal actinomycosis mimicking malignancy: a case report

H Eskarous, A Pingili, D Venugopal - IDCases, 2021 - Elsevier
Actinomycosis is the infection caused by Actinomyces bacilli; subtypes include cervicofacial,
pulmonary, and abdominal/pelvic actinomycosis. Abdominal actinomycosis can mimic intra …

[HTML][HTML] Intra-abdominal actinomycosis mimicking malignant abdominal disease

A Ridha, N Oguejiofor, S Al-Abayechi… - Case Reports in …, 2017 - hindawi.com
Abdominal actinomycosis is a rare infectious disease, caused by gram positive anaerobic
bacteria, that may appear as an abdominal mass and/or abscess (Wagenlehner et al. 2003) …

Omental actinomycosis with abdominal wall invasion: a case report

KF Tsou, CY Yu, WH Hsu, YH Juan… - Infectious Diseases in …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Actinomycosis is an uncommon suppurative inflammation. It can often be mistaken for
malignant tumor and presents a diagnostic dilemma. We report a rare case of actinomycosis …

[PDF][PDF] Abdominal actinomycosis mimicking a malignant neoplasm

F Näf, A Enzler-Tschudy, SP Kuster, I Uhlig… - Surgical infections, 2014 - zora.uzh.ch
A46-year old female was referred to the emergency department with abdominal pain in the
right lower hemiabdomen. An increasing abdominal girth, recurrent fever over the last three …

Abdominal actinomycosis-can early diagnosis prevent extensive surgery?

JW Nunoo-Mensah, VM Joglekar, GD Nasmyth… - 2010 - cabidigitallibrary.org
A 35-year-old man presented with an indurated tender swelling in his right groin, which had
been present for two weeks [UK]. Uncertainty about the diagnosis resulted in early surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Abdominopelvic Actinomycosis Mimicking Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Case Report

S Kim, SI Kang, S Kim, MH Jang… - Annals of Coloproctology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Actinomycosis is a rare chronic bacterial infection primarily caused by Actinomyces israelii.
A 47-year-old woman presented to our clinic with a 1-week history of lower abdominal pain …

Rare presentation of actinomycosis as an abdominal mass: report of a case

P Meyer, O Nwariaku, RN McCelland… - Diseases of the colon & …, 2000 - Springer
PURPOSE: The purpose of this article was to report an unusual presentation of abdominal
actinomycosis masquerading as a tumor. METHODS: The patient was a 54-year-old male …

Acute abdomen in abdominal actinomycosis

R Müller, R Winkler, H Dunker… - Leber, Magen …, 1996 - europepmc.org
The case of a female patient aged 34 suffering from abdominal actinomycosis is reported.
She underwent emergency surgery for an abscess-forming tumour infiltrating the lateral …