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Cirugía Plástica Ibero-Latinoamericana
On-line version ISSN 1989-2055Print version ISSN 0376-7892
Abstract
ACOSTA-ARENCIBIA, A. et al. Primary abdominal wall actinomycosis sarcoma simulator. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2014, vol.40, n.1, pp.81-85. ISSN 1989-2055. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0376-78922014000100011.
Actinomycosis is an uncommon disease, and abdominal wall actinomycosis is rare. It is caused by Actinomyces israeli, a filamentous, gram-positive, anaerobic bacteria that lives in our organism and when the infection progresses, granulomatous tissue, extensive reactive fibrosis and necrosis, abscesses are formed. Infection involving the cervicofacial area is most common. We report a case of abdominal wall actinomycosis diagnosed postoperativerly with preoperative suspected tumor process, so we want to make special mention in the differential diagnosis of actinomycetoma with an abdominal mass.
Keywords : Actinomycosis; Abdominal wall tumours; Sarcomas.