Abdominopelvic mass secondary to Actinomyces israelii mimicking cancer: Report of two cases [3]

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-171

  Malik, A I ^a   Papagrigoriadis, S ^a   Leather, A J ^a   Rennie, J A ^a   Salisbury, J R ^a   Beese, R C ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL MASS; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; CANCER; CASE REPORT; CECUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUM RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIS;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC INFECTION; PELVIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27744490283     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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