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| A Case of Abdominal Actinomycosis |
| Dkyung Min Lee, Suk Ryong Kwon, Kyung Mok Kim, Duk Koo Yun, Soong Kook Park, Won Hyun Cho*, Young Kwan Park*, Sang Sook Lee** |
| Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University, School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Department of Surgery*, Department of Pathology** |
Vol.20 Num.3 (p239~245)
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Actinomycosis is chronic suppurative and granulomatous disease caused by Actinomyces specises and characterized by sulfur granule formation which frequently discharged via draining sinus. Actinomyces can affect cervicofacial, pulmunary, abdominal and pelvic area.
Most of abdominal actinomycosis is developed after abdominal operation, trauma or inflammarory bowel disease and it must be differentiated from colon cancer, amaeboma, chronic appendicitis or intestinal tuberculosis.
Recently we experienced one case of abdominal actinomycosis developed after peptic ulcer perforation. In this case we noted large secondary and tertiary abscess fromation after surgical repairment of primary disese, afterward the abscess was proved as actinomycosis.
Herein we presenting our experience and reviewed the literature.
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