title: Pelvic actinomycosis presenting with a rectal stricture: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiriyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takagi
mesh_terms: 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