title: Actinomycosis: report of a case with a persistent extraoral sinus tract.
abstract: Cervicofacial actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative and granulomatous infection that may reside for years and recur with sudden onset. It is the second most common type of actinomycosis and could be caused by trauma or infection. We report a draining actinomycotic sinus tract with extraordinary thickness that occurred owing to a long-standing chronic periapical infection of an extracted upper left second premolar 3 years before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. gocmengokhan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Göçmen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varol
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Göker
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basa
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000382:microbiology*; D003751:Dental Fistula / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*