Cutaneous actinomycosis: the great mimicker
Actinomycosis is an indolent, suppurative and chronic granulomatous infection caused by a Gram-positive organism that was initially thought to be a fungus. 12 Actinomycosis is rare with estimated incidence of one case per institution per year, with male predominance.3 Precipitating factors of cervic...
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iium-52012012-04-23T00:16:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/5201/ Cutaneous actinomycosis: the great mimicker Ngow, Harris Abdullah Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina RC Internal medicine RL Dermatology Actinomycosis is an indolent, suppurative and chronic granulomatous infection caused by a Gram-positive organism that was initially thought to be a fungus. 12 Actinomycosis is rare with estimated incidence of one case per institution per year, with male predominance.3 Precipitating factors of cervicofacial infection are related to dental and maxillofacial trauma. We describe an interesting case of facial actinomycosis that was misdiagnosed as sebaceous cyst and revealed later by histopathological findings of the tissue biopsy. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Association of Clinical Pathologists 2009-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/5201/1/cutaneous_actinomycosis_the_great_mimicker.pdf Ngow, Harris Abdullah and Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina (2009) Cutaneous actinomycosis: the great mimicker. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 62 (8). p. 766. ISSN 1472-4146 http://jcp.bmj.com/content/62/8/766.1.short?rss=1 10.1136/jcp.2008.063842 |
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Actinomycosis is an indolent, suppurative and chronic granulomatous infection caused by a Gram-positive organism that was initially thought to be a fungus. 12 Actinomycosis is rare with estimated incidence of one case per institution per year, with male predominance.3 Precipitating factors of cervicofacial infection are related to dental and maxillofacial trauma. We describe an interesting case of facial actinomycosis that was misdiagnosed as sebaceous cyst and revealed later by histopathological findings of the tissue biopsy. |
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Ngow, Harris Abdullah Wan Mohd Nowalid, Wan Khairina |
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Cutaneous actinomycosis: the great mimicker |
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Cutaneous actinomycosis: the great mimicker |
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Cutaneous actinomycosis: the great mimicker |
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Cutaneous actinomycosis: the great mimicker |
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Cutaneous actinomycosis: the great mimicker |
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cutaneous actinomycosis: the great mimicker |
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