ABDOMINAL ACTINOMYCOSIS - A CASE-REPORT

Abdominal actinomycosis is a chronic suppurating granulomatosis caused by a Gram positive germ, Actinomyces. Manifestations of this rare dis ease are usually pseudotumoral syndroms leading to surgical exeresis. The diagnosis is obtained from the pathology report. We report a pseud otumor of the transverse colon which invaded the greater omentum and t he anterior abdominal wall. From a review of the recent literature, we observed that most papers deal essentially with a relatively new enti ty, pelvic actinomycosis related to prolonged use of an intra-uterin d evice without medical surveillance.