Chameleon of head and neck diseases: Intraoral actinomycosis

• Main Authors: Srisha Basappa (Author), Bharathi Ullagaddi (Author), Mahesh Mysore Shivalingu (Author), Late Naresh Lingaraju (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Actinomycosis is a chronic infectious granulomatous disease caused by saprophytic Actinomyces species. The case discussed in this report is of an adult female patient with a large actinomycotic lesion in the region of the mandibular left second premolar, first and second molars. Provisional diagnosi...