Actinomycosis simulating malignant large bowel obstruction.
We present a case of a 58 year old white male who entered the hospital with abdominal pain and developed large bowel obstruction, simulating malignant disease. Anatomopathological examination showed abdominal actinomycosis, a rare presentation of this disease.
Bittencourt
José Augusto Ferreira
JA
Surgery Department of Nossa Senhora da Conceição Hospital, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. drbittencourt@yahoo.com.br
Andreis
Elmes Luiz
EL
Lima
Eduardo Lahude
EL
Dorn
Dalvani Elias
DE
Muller
Virgínia
V
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged