Intraoral actinomycosis. Report of five cases.
Five intraoral presentations of actinomycetes are recorded, in three of which the infection was almost certainly specifically due to the microorganisms. The importance of careful histopathologic examination is underlined, and the failure in some cases to investigate apparently simple infections bacteriologically is highlighted.
D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000601:surgery; D000197:Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D014078:Tooth Eruption