Actinomycosis of Tonsils – Incidental or Pathological? – a Case Report
نویسندگان
چکیده
Actinomycosis of the tonsillar tissue is a rare pathological condition whose clinical significance has been disputed over by authors worldwide. We report a case of Actinomycosis of the tonsils in a young boy with symptoms of chronic tonsillitis. We believe that the infection would have been the cause of repeated bouts of sore throat in the patient leading to chronic tonsillitis and tonsillar atrophy.
منابع مشابه
A case of an unilateral tonsillar hypertrophy caused by actinomycosis.
The purpose of this report was to present an unusual case of an unilateral tonsillar hypertophy caused by actinomycosis. It is an infrequent bacterial infection nowadays. Only five such cases have been reported up to now. Diagnosis is difficult, because there are not specific diagnostic procedures. Medical treatment consists of surgical excision of tonsils and postoperative antibiotic therapy.
متن کاملVocal Cord Actinomycosis: A Case Report
Introduction: Actinomycosis is a systemic chronic bacterial infection caused by Actinomyces Israelii, an anaerobic organism normally resident in the human mouth. However, the actinomycosis of the larynx is very rare, and only about 15 cases have been reported in the literature so far. Most of the cases reported occurred in patients who had previously undergone radiotherapy for laryngeal cancer...
متن کاملA Case Report of Periapical Actinomycosis of Maxilla
Actinomycosis is a chronic and less common infectious process that established by Actinomyces israilii. Involvement of faciocervical region is more common than thorasic and visceral types and typically involves the angle of mandible and with less occurrence rate the upper jaw may also be involved. Periapical lesions of maxilla that involved in this process by Actinomyces israilii are rare and c...
متن کاملActinomycosis with Tonsillar Diseases and its Clinical Significance
Bacterial colonies, foreign bodies or other artifacts in tonsil specimens are identified as incidental findings. Actinomyces are relatively often encountered on histological examination of tonsils. Actinomyces israeli and Actinomyces naeslundi are the most frequently isolated pathogenic Actinomycetes. They are Gram positive, anaerobic, non acid fast, branching, filamentous and slow growing bact...
متن کاملA Case of Actinomycosis Causing Unilateral Tonsiller Hypertrophy
We report a case of unusual presentation of actinomycosis in the tonsil causing massive unilateral enlargement in a 78-year-old female. To our knowledge, only three cases of actinomycosis causing unilateral tonsillar enlargement have previously been published. Since this anaerobic organism is difficult to culture, the diagnosis is made by observing its associated sulfur granules in the biopsy s...
متن کامل