Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.
2003 Aug;27(2):84-87.
A Case of Abdominal Actinomycosis Mimicking Colon Carcinoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jassa@ewha.ac.kr
- 2Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative and granulomatous-disease caused by Actinomycosis israelli. Clinical presentation of the abdominal form of actinomycosis is nonspecific-pain, fever, leukocytosis, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, a sensation of abdominal mass and a formation of fistula. In addition, abdominal actinomycosis may mimic a carcinoma, diverticular abscess, inflammatory bowel disease, and tuberculosis. Most of abdominal actinomycosis develops after trauma, appendicitis, diverticulitis or gastrointestinal perforation. We report a case of abdominal actinomycosis preoperatively mimicking as colon carcinoma, which had no predisposing factors.
