Mandibular Actinomyces Infection Mimicking a Malignancy: Case Report
TURKISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, cilt.33, sa.3, ss.256-258, 2017 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Doi Numarası: 10.5146/tjpath.2014.01276
- Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.256-258
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Cervicofacial actinomycosis, Pathology, Mandible, OSTEOMYELITIS
- Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Actinomycosis is a rare, chronic, suppurative and granulomatous disease caused by Actinomyces israelii, which is a filamentous, anaerobic, gram-positive, saprophytic organism in the oral cavity. Diagnosis of actinomycosis depends on positive culture or identification of Actinomyces colonies and sulfur granules in histological specimens. In our case, a mass had been growing in the mandible for eight months. The mass appeared to be malignant, both clinically and radiologically. A histopathological examination of the mandible revealed actinomycosis. It should be noted that actinomycosis can mimic a malignancy, and for differential diagnosis, bone biopsy or fine-needle aspiration should be performed pre-operatively.