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An actinomycosis infection resembling peritoneal dissemination of rectal cancer: a case report.
Surg Case Rep
September 2024
Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-Cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
Article Synopsis
- Actinomycosis, an uncommon and inflammatory infection usually caused by Actinomyces israelii, can be difficult to diagnose, especially in patients with a history of abdominal cancer due to lack of specific symptoms.
- A 72-year-old man with multiple abdominal surgeries for rectal cancer developed a mass that was initially thought to be a cancer recurrence, but it was later identified as an actinomyces infection after surgical resection.
- This case underscores the importance of careful histopathological evaluation of abdominal masses before initiating chemotherapy, particularly in patients with previous cancer treatments.
Mimics of primary ovarian cancer and primary peritoneal carcinomatosis - A pictorial review.
Clin Radiol
October 2024
Cambridge University Hospitals, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom.
Numerous conditions can mimic ovarian malignancy. Identifying the origin of a pelvic mass or disseminated peritoneal abnormality on imaging is important to ensure that the patient receives optimal management by the appropriate clinical team. Ovarian cancer mimics include infections and other neoplastic processes, for example, actinomycosis, lymphoma, and sarcoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatient with actinomycosis of the cervicofacial and abdominal area, case report.
Przegl Epidemiol
June 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Actinomycosis is a very rare, infectious disease, which is especially difficult to diagnose due to non-specific symptoms and the ability to emulate neoplasms or inflammatory changes. Due to those facts, it is often misdiagnosed or diagnosed too late to be successfully treated. This article presents the case of 31-year-old Caucasian female with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections and tonsillitis as the potential risk factors of actinomycosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Non-viral infections of the liver].
Inn Med (Heidelb)
April 2024
Klinik für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie, Swiss HPB und Transplantationszentrum, Universitätsspital Zürich und Universität Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091, Zürich, Schweiz.
Non-viral infections of the liver are rare to very rare compared to viral infections. They can be caused by various bacteria, helminths, protozoa, and fungi, often leading to liver involvement during dissemination. Some of these infections affect in particular immunocompromised individuals, while others need to be considered in the differential diagnostic work-up in patients returning from tropical countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBrain abscess caused by Actinomyces turicensis in a non-immunocompromised adult patient: a case report and systematic review of the literature.
BMC Infect Dis
January 2024
Infectious Diseases, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
Background: Actinomyces turicensis is rarely responsible of clinically relevant infections in human. Infection is often misdiagnosed as malignancy, tuberculosis, or nocardiosis, therefore delaying the correct identification and treatment. Here we report a case of a 55-year-old immunocompetent adult with brain abscess caused by A.
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