PMID: 15361999Sep 14, 2004Paper

Actinomycosis simulating malignant large bowel obstruction

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
José Augusto Ferreira BittencourtVirgínia Muller

Abstract

We present a case of a 58 year old white male who entered the hospital with abdominal pain and developed large bowel obstruction, simulating malignant disease. Anatomopathological examination showed abdominal actinomycosis, a rare presentation of this disease.

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