Ocular Actinomycosis Mimicking Meningioma

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Takaaki KobayashiA Ben Appenheimer

Abstract

Orbital actinomycosis is an unusual clinical manifestation of orbital infection caused by Actinomyces species. Herein we report a case of orbital actinomycosis in a 67-year-old woman with recurrent swelling and erythema around her left eye with an orbital mass initially thought to be a meningioma.

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Jan 8, 2021·Surgical Neurology International·María F De la Cerda-VargasBayron A Sandoval-Bonilla

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