Actinomycotic Abscess of the Anterior Abdominal Wall: a Case Report and Literature Review

D. PitotAbdominal Surgery Department, Erasme Hospital, ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium.View further author information

V. De MoorAbdominal Surgery Department, Erasme Hospital, ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium.

P. DemetterAnatomopathology Department, Erasme Hospital, ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium.

S. PlaceInfectious Diseases Department, Erasme Hospital, ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium.

M. GelinAbdominal Surgery Department, Erasme Hospital, ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium.

I. El NakadiAbdominal Surgery Department, Erasme Hospital, ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Abstract

Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic, suppurative, pseudotumoral illness caused by an anaerobic gram positive organism usually Actinomyces israelii which can mimick a tumoral pathology leading to a mutilating surgical resection. We report a case of abdominal actinomycosis and a literature review.

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Denis Pitot, M.D. Hôpital Civil de Charleroi 92, av Paul Janson 6000 Charleroi, Belgium E-mail: [email protected]

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