Abdominal wall actinomycosis simulating a malignant neoplasm: Case report and review of the literature
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Melchiorre Costa; Paolo Faccioli; Paola Acquaro; Fulvio Tagliabue; Gianmaria Confalonieri
- Source
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
biology
business.industry
Case Report
Malignancy
medicine.disease
Intrauterine device
Actinomyces israelii
biology.organism_classification
Surgery
Abdominal wall
medicine.anatomical_structure
Medicine
Actinomycosis
business
Abscess
Intra-uterine device
Rare disease
- Language
- English
Abdominal wall actinomycosis is a rare disease frequently associated with the presence of an intra uterine device. We report on a case of a 47-year-old woman who had used an intrauterine device for many years and had removed it about a month prior to the identification of an abdominal wall abscess caused by Actinomyces israelii. The abscess mimicked a malignancy and the patient underwent a demolitive surgical treatment. The diagnosis was obtained only after histopathological examination. Postoperatively, the patient developed an infection of the wound which was treated with daily medication. The combination of long-term high dose antibiotic therapy with surgery led to successful treatment.