A Case of Abdominal Actinomycosis Mimicking Colon Carcinoma / 대한소화기내시경학회지
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
;
: 84-87, 2003.
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in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-27164
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.
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Main subject:
Appendicitis
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Sensation
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Tuberculosis
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Blood Sedimentation
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Actinomycosis
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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
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Causality
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Colon
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Abscess
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Diverticulitis
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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