Abdominal actinomycosis misdiagnosed as a secondary bladder tumor: A case report

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 498-500

  Kawahara, Motoshi ^a   Kawahara, Kazuya ^a   Goto, Toshihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Shin Ichi ^a   Fuchinoue, Sumihisa ^a   Matsumoto, Tamotsu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal actinomycosis; Simulation or secondary bladder tumor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031737318     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1998.tb00400.x     Document Type: Article

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