title: Primary gastric actinomycosis: a case report.
abstract: Gastric actinomycosis is an extremely rare disease. To date, about 20 cases have been reported in the literature. In most cases, diagnosis was made by histopathologic evaluation of an operative specimen. We report here a 68-year-old man with primary gastric actinomycosis who was admitted to the hospital with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and diagnosed as actinomycosis by microscopic examination of biopsy specimens obtained by endoscopy. This case is reported because of the rarity of endoscopically diagnosed primary gastric actinomycosis.
authors: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, Adana.
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Oksüz
authors: Sunay
authors: S
authors: Sandikçi
authors: Abdullah
authors: A
authors: Culhaci
authors: Türker
authors: T
authors: Egesel
authors: Ilhan
authors: I
authors: Tuncer
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000382:microbiology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010400:Penicillin G