1.Caruncular Abscess Due to Actinomycosis.
Yeon Hee LEE ; Woo Jin KIM ; Sung Bok LEE
Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 2013;27(4):288-290
The authors report a caruncular abscess caused by actinomycosis. A 47-year-old woman was admitted with persistent purulent discharge from the caruncle of the left eye for a duration of six months. Excisional drainage was performed, and 'sulfur granules' were observed, consistent with actinomyces infection. Intraoperative lacrimal probing and irrigation were performed to confirm that the abscess and canaliculus were not connected. Oral and topical antibiotics were administered postoperatively; the lesion resolved with no evidence of recurrence, and the symptom improved.
Abscess/drug therapy/*microbiology
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Actinomycosis/*diagnosis/drug therapy
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
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Female
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Humans
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Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases/drug therapy/*microbiology
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Middle Aged
2.A case of primary hepatic actinomycosis: an enigmatic inflammatory lesion of the liver.
Yeon Jung HA ; Ji Hyun AN ; Ju Hyun SHIM ; Eun Sil YU ; Jong Jae KIM ; Tae Yong HA ; Han Chu LEE
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology 2015;21(1):80-84
Primary hepatic actinomycosis is one of the chronic abscess-forming infections of the liver. Accurate diagnosis is frequently delayed due to its indolent course and nonspecific clinical and radiological manifestations. We report a case of a 57-year-old man presenting with asymptomatic multiple hepatic masses on follow-up abdominal computed tomography performed 1 year after stomach cancer surgery. Although a percutaneous liver biopsy procedure was conducted twice in order to obtain confirmative pathology, only a nonspecific organizing abscess with plasma cell infiltration was revealed, without identification of any organism in the tissue cultures. Ultimately, actinomycosis was diagnosed following the detection of sulfur granules on open surgical biopsied tissue. This case suggests that primary hepatic actinomycosis should be considered as one of the possible causes for enigmatic inflammatory lesions of the liver.
Actinomycosis/*diagnosis/drug therapy/microbiology
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
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Biopsy, Needle
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Humans
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Liver Abscess/complications
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Liver Diseases/*diagnosis/microbiology/pathology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
3.Pulmonary Actinomycosis Imitating Lung Cancer on ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Lin QIU ; Lianjun LAN ; Yue FENG ; Zhanwen HUANG ; Yue CHEN
Korean Journal of Radiology 2015;16(6):1262-1265
Here we report a case of 41-year-old man with a soft tissue density mass at right upper lung and palpable abscesses at right upper backside and right wrist. ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography demonstrated a 7.8 × 5.0 cm mass with soft-tissue density in the upper lobe of the right lung with high metabolic activity. The infiltrative mass extended to adjacent chest wall soft tissue. Final diagnosis of pulmonary actinomycosis with multiple abscesses was made. The patient responded well to antibiotics treatment.
Abscess
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Actinomycosis/*diagnosis/drug therapy/microbiology
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Adult
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/chemistry
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Humans
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Lung Diseases/*diagnosis/drug therapy/microbiology
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Lung Neoplasms/pathology
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Male
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*Positron-Emission Tomography
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
4.Actinomycosis in Pancreas and Psoas Muscle.
Yoon Jung LEE ; Min Ji LEE ; Jong Kyun LEE
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2012;60(1):61-63
No abstract available.
Actinomycosis/*diagnosis/drug therapy/microbiology
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Adult
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Amoxicillin/therapeutic use
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Ampicillin/therapeutic use
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
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Endosonography
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Female
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Gram-Positive Bacteria/isolation & purification
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Humans
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Pancreas/ultrasonography
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Psoas Muscles/ultrasonography
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed