Actinomycosis presenting as a parotid tumor

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-243

  Sittitrai, Pichit ^a   Srivanitchapoom, Chonticha ^a   Pattarasakulchai, Thienchai ^a   Lekawanavijit, Suree ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Parotid

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G SODIUM; PENICILLIN V;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION; INJURY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; PAROTID GLAND ACTINOMYCOSIS; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALIVARY GLAND DUCT; TOOTH INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID DISEASES; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856714119     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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