A case of Crohn's disease associated with abdominal actinomycosis.
- Author:
Su Jong YU
1
;
Dong Won AHN
;
Ho June SONG
;
Sang Gyun KIM
;
Joo Sung KIM
;
Hyun Chae JUNG
;
In Sung SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University Seoul, Korea. harley1333@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Crohn disease;
Actinomycosis
- MeSH:
Actinomycosis*;
Crohn Disease*;
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases;
Mucous Membrane
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2006;70(6):695-700
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The clinical features of abdominal actinomycosis are nonspecific and commonly confused with a neoplasm. Although any condition that allows the agents of actinomycosis to breach the gastrointestinal mucosa has the potential to be complicated by this infection, actinomycosis rarely develops as a complication of Crohn's disease. Because actinomycosis has indolent clinical course and manifestations similar to inflammatory bowel disease, it should be suspected that other chronic inflammatory process such as Crohn's disease could be associated when active abdominal actinomycosis is recurrent despite appropriate anti-microbial treatment. Herein, we report a case of Crohn's disease associated with abdominal actinomycosis.
