Cervicofacial actinomycosis and its management
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Cervicofacial actinomycosis: still a difficult differential diagnosis.
Cervicofacial actinomycosis, a rare chronic infectious disease, is, however, an important clinical entity, due to the difficulties involved, still today, in its diagnosis. Following personal experience in a case referred to our Department, and in agreement with reports in the literature, attention is drawn to the presenting clinical manifestations, stressing that these are often confusing since...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2231-0746
DOI: 10.4103/ams.ams_176_18