Abdominal Actinomycosis misdiagnosed as liposarcoma

• Main Authors: Eunice Vieira e Monteiro (Author), Joana Gaspar (Author), Claudia Paiva (Author), Raquel Correia (Author), Vitor Valente (Author), André Coelho (Author), Nuno Jorge Lamas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Actinomycosis is an uncommon, endogenous, and chronic infection with varied and nonspecific clinical features such as abdominal, pelvic or cervical masses, ulcerative lesions, abscesses, draining fistula, fibrosis, and constitutional symptoms. The disease ensues when the bacteria disrupt the mucosal...