title: Abdominal actinomycosis masquerading as an omental tumor in a 12-year-old female.
abstract: We herein report a case of abdominal actinomycosis in a 12-year-old girl in whom an omental primary tumor was suspected before surgery. The patient began to experience intermittent lower left abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans were inconclusive at this time, but 6 months later, CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations showed a 7-cm, tumor-like lesion in the left abdominal cavity; malignancy could not be ruled out. The tumor, which originated in the omentum and adhered strongly to the left abdominal wall, was resected along with approximately 90 % of the omentum, the peritoneum in contact with the mass, and the posterior layer of the rectus abdominal sheath, under suspicion of a malignant tumor. However, omental actinomycosis was the final pathological diagnosis. The patient's antibiotic treatment was changed to a penicillin-series oral antibiotic to prevent recurrence of the actinomycosis. The patient was discharged from our hospital 16 days after the first surgery, but she developed three episodes of ileus; the first two required surgery. The patient has had no further recurrences of actinomycosis or postoperative ileus 20 months after discharge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Niigata City General Hospital, 463-7 Shumoku, Niigata, Niigata, 950-1197, Japan. you4141@aol.com
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iinuma
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: Motomu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Hisataka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Koju
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nitta
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D059413:Intraabdominal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed