[A case of actinomycosis of the palatine tonsils--diagnostic difficulties].
Here authors present a rare case of actinomycosis of the pallatinal tonsilla, which had a form of tumor. Bacteriological tests revealed only some saprophytical bacteria in pharynx. After surgical treatment of disease was done, patient got back to health quickly, and histopathological exam showed that this was actinomycosis.
Wiech
Arkadiusz D
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Oddział Otolaryngologiczny 111 Szpitala Wojskowego SP ZOZ w Poznaniu.
Lipiński
Lesław
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Janicki
Kazimierz
K
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome