Actinomyces lymphadenitis: case report.
In this paper an unusual case of lymphadenopathy associated with Actinomyces     infection is reported. In the literature, there are only two cases presented     with histopathologic features. A forty-year-old male patient was admitted to the     hospital with painless mass on the neck. Clinical examination revealed a firm     mass on the right submandibular region. The patient had no malignancy history. A     cystic mass radiologically compatible with abscess was detected adjacent to the     submandibular gland. Sialadenitis and lymphadenitis were considered but the mass     was refractory to the antibiotherapy. The mass and the right submandibular gland     were excised. Histopathologic evaluation of the lymph node revealed     characteristic sulfur granules of Actinomyces.
Department of Pathology, Karaman State Hospital, Karaman, Turkey. denarik@hotmail.com
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D000190:Actinomyces; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome