Actinomycotic abscess of the anterior abdominal wall: a case report and literature review.
Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic, suppurative, pseudotumoral illness caused by an anaerobic gram positive organism usually Actinomyces israelii which can mimick a tumoral pathology leading to a mutilating surgical resection. We report a case of abdominal actinomycosis and a literature review.
Pitot
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Abdominal Surgery Department, Erasme Hospital, ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium. denis.pitot@chu-charleroi.be
De Moor
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Demetter
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Place
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Gelin
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El Nakadi
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D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000190:Actinomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed