ABDOMINAL ACTINOMYCOSIS - A CASE-REPORT

Citation
L. Kabwa et al., ABDOMINAL ACTINOMYCOSIS - A CASE-REPORT, Journal de chirurgie, 133(7), 1996, pp. 348-352
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ISSN journal
00217697
Volume
133
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
348 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-7697(1996)133:7<348:AA-AC>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
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.