Actinomycosis of the Abdominal Wall
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Abdominal actinomycosis mimicking colonic tumor with the invasion of the small bowel and of the anterior abdominal wall
Actinomycosis is a chronic; pseudotumoral with suppurated areas disease caused by an anaerobic grampositive organismand has been surnamed “the great mime” [1]. An 82 years old Caucasian female presented in our department with signs of a transverse colon tumor that appeared to infiltrate the left rectus muscle posterior sheet. CT scan, Barium enema, colonoscopy could not settle the diagnosis and...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1911
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591571100400231