TY - JOUR
T1 - Rectal actinomycosis mimicking malignancy
AU - Rajpoot, Akanksha
AU - Gowda, Chiranth
AU - Monappa, Vidya
AU - Rodrigues, Gabriel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Royal Belgian Society for Surgery.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Abdominal actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative infection caused by Actinomyces species. The ileo-cecal region is most commonly affected, while the left side of the colon is more rarely involved. The infection has a tendency to infiltrate adjacent tissues and is, therefore, rarely confined to a single organ. Presentation may vary from non-specific symptoms and signs to an acute abdomen. We present a 56-year-old male who underwent a colonoscopy for complaints of bleeding per rectum that showed an ulcero-proliferative lesion at the recto-sigmoid junction that seemed like malignancy. Multiple biopsies done were reported this lesion to be Actinomycosis. He responded well to medical management that avoided a major surgical procedure.
AB - Abdominal actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative infection caused by Actinomyces species. The ileo-cecal region is most commonly affected, while the left side of the colon is more rarely involved. The infection has a tendency to infiltrate adjacent tissues and is, therefore, rarely confined to a single organ. Presentation may vary from non-specific symptoms and signs to an acute abdomen. We present a 56-year-old male who underwent a colonoscopy for complaints of bleeding per rectum that showed an ulcero-proliferative lesion at the recto-sigmoid junction that seemed like malignancy. Multiple biopsies done were reported this lesion to be Actinomycosis. He responded well to medical management that avoided a major surgical procedure.
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U2 - 10.1080/00015458.2020.1841487
DO - 10.1080/00015458.2020.1841487
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099552892
SN - 0001-5458
VL - 121
SP - 74
EP - 75
JO - Acta Chirurgica Belgica
JF - Acta Chirurgica Belgica
IS - 1
ER -