A Rare Case of Pancreatic Actinomyces.

ACG Case Rep J

Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Published: January 2023

is a filamentous, gram-positive anaerobic bacterium commonly found in the upper gastrointestinal tract, colon, and female genital tract. Rarely, actinomycosis can infect the pancreas most commonly after pancreatic instrumentation, often mimicking malignancy. We describe a case of a 26-year-old woman who presented with epigastric abdominal pain and nausea without prior pancreatic instrumentation. Abdominal imaging demonstrated a mass in the pancreatic head with fine-needle biopsy revealing . The patient was successfully treated with long-term antibiotic therapy resulting in resolution of the mass. Our case emphasizes the importance of considering nonmalignant etiologies in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic masses.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9857271PMC
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