ABDOMINAL ACTINOMYCOSIS PRESENTING AS SIMPLE ACUTE APPENDICITIS
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Actinomycosis is an uncommon chronic infection. It usually occurs in the cervicofacial, thoracic and abdominopelvic region. In abdominopelvic actinomycosis the ileum, ceacum and appendix is involved usually as a mass. In our case, there was no mass clinically or radiologically. He had tenderness right lower quadrant of abdomen, clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis was made and appendicectomy done. Histopathological report showed bacterial colony or sulphur granules surrounded by acute and chronic inflammatory cells.
Authors and Affiliations
Anita Harry| Professor, Department of surgery, Meenakshi Medical College & Research Institute, Kanchipuram, Taminadu, India Corresponding author email: omnarayana05@yahoo.com
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP11043
- DOI 10.5958/j.2319-5886.2.3.058
- Views 428
- Downloads 20
The Effectiveness of Matrix Treatment to Relapse prevention and Increase Self-Efficacy in People Withdrawing Methamphetamine
Given the prevalence of narcotic substances and their effect on mental health of society people, it is important to pay attention the matter and adopt an approach for its treatment. The research objective is to examine...
A COMPARITIVE STUDY ON CRYO, PULSED ULTRASOUND AND ITS COMBINATION THERAPIES ON DELAYED ONSET OF MUSCLE SORENESS
Objectives: Individuals engage in strenuous physical activity to which they are unaccustomed usually land up in a phenomenon called Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness (DOMS) and results in pain, muscle stiffness and swel...
Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in assessment of cervical lymphadenopathy in variable age groups: A retrospective study
Cervical lymphadenopathy is a common clinical problem that confronts us in daily clinical practice. The causes vary from simple treatable infections to malignancies that require highly specialized institutional manageme...
A RARE PRESENTATION OF A CONCOMITANT LUMBAR SPINE BURST FRACTURE WITH A DISTAL CORPUS STERNI FRACTURE DUE TO A FLEXION DISTRACTION INJURY
Sternum fractures are a rare entity and occur either due to direct trauma or indirectly associated to a flexion compression injury. Earlier literatures used to describe the association of sternum fractures with upper th...
OSLER-WEBER-RENDU SYNDROME: A RARE CAUSE OF UPPER GI BLEED
The causes of upper gastrointestinal bleed are manifold with the most common being peptic ulcers and oesophageal varices. We present a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangi...