A childhood case of primary hepatic actinomycosis presenting with cutaneous fistula.

Scand J Infect Dis

Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.

Published: April 2004

Primary hepatic actinomycosis is extremely rare in children. Although the infection has the capability of extension to surrounding tissues or organs, involvement of the abdominal wall is infrequently reported even in adults. We present a childhood case of primary hepatic actinomycosis infiltrating the anterior abdominal wall and spontaneously draining through the skin.

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