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Case Report
[English]
Actinomycosis Presented as Acute Appendicitis
Soo Kyung Lim, Hee Jung Choi, Hyo Moon Son, Yoon-Ii Choi, Min-Sun Cho
Ewha Med J 2014;37(Suppl):S15-S18.   Published online December 24, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.2014.37.S.S15

Actinomycosis causes a chronic suppurative, granulomatous disease which is characterized by extensive abscess formation, and sulfur granule formation. Actinomycosis may present different clinical forms: cervicofacial, thoracic, abdominal and cerebral actinomycosis. The diagnosis can only be made after surgery. In general, patients with abdominal actinomycosis have undergone abdominal surgery. We report four cases of primary appendiceal actinomycosis presenting as acute appendicitis without history of abdomen surgery.

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