Rectal botryomycosis mimicking carcinoma.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-65216
ABSTRACT
Botryomycosis is a granulomatous disease that was first recognized in horses. The lesion is infective with fungus-like grains similar to the sulfur granules in actinomycosis. We report 54-year-old woman with a strong suspicion of rectal carcinoma that turned out to be rectal botryomycosis. She responded to erythromycin.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Rectal Diseases
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Rectal Neoplasms
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Actinomyces
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Actinomycosis
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Female
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Humans
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Erythromycin
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Chronic Disease
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Middle Aged
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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