Fine needle aspiration cytology of cervicofacial actinomycosis
Actinomycosis is a chronic infection caused by <i>Actinomyces israelii</i>, usually seen in immunocompromised patients or in the background of tissue injury. Cervicofacial actinomycosis presenting as a fixed jaw swelling in an elderly individual can mimic malignancy and pose a diagnostic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cytology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2008;volume=25;issue=3;spage=113;epage=114;aulast=Venkatesh |