Pelvic actinomycosis presenting with a rectal stricture: report of a case.
We present herein the case of a patient with actinomycosis involving the pelvic cavity, who presented with a rectal stricture. It is rare for this type of actinomycosis to be accurately diagnosed preoperatively, but a precise diagnosis, made using needle biopsy guided by computed tomography allowed for successful treatment by resection of the granulation tissue surrounding the rectal stricture through a transsacral approach.
Umeda
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Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan.
Ito
K
K
Kiriyama
K
K
Kondo
K
K
Akiyama
S
S
Takagi
H
H
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed