Actinomycosis of Finger: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Cutaneous actinomycosis of finger is very unusual, chronic granulomatous disease caused by a group of anaerobic or microaerophilic Gram-positive filamentous bacteria that normally colonize the mouth, colon and urogenital tract. Actinomycosis of finger is rare but clinically important condition tha...
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| description | Cutaneous actinomycosis of finger is very unusual, chronic granulomatous disease caused by a group of anaerobic or microaerophilic
Gram-positive filamentous bacteria that normally colonize the mouth, colon and urogenital tract. Actinomycosis of finger is rare but
clinically important condition that requires suitable evaluation for guiding appropriate therapy. We hereby report a case of cutaneous
actinomycosis of the right finger- a rare site, in a 34-year-old female patient which underwent usual treatment of surgical excision. This
patient complained of existence of a mass and tenderness in the pulp of right index finger. The X-ray of hand revealed no significant
abnormality. The patient was treated successfully with surgical excision. Surgery detected five small nodules measuring 0.5 to 1 cm in
size. Histopathologic examination of the biopsy from the lesions confirmed diagnosis of cutaneous actinomycosis. Here, we report a
cutaneous actinomycosis in a 34-year-old female located in the index finger. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-828e671f74b144308c0619dca2c356b92022-12-22T03:40:28ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-08-01108ED19ED2010.7860/JCDR/2016/16926.8370Actinomycosis of Finger: Case Report and Review of the LiteratureMansour Moghimi0Mohammad Baghi Yazdi1Mojtaba Babaei Zarch2Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.Medical Student, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.Medical Student, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.Cutaneous actinomycosis of finger is very unusual, chronic granulomatous disease caused by a group of anaerobic or microaerophilic Gram-positive filamentous bacteria that normally colonize the mouth, colon and urogenital tract. Actinomycosis of finger is rare but clinically important condition that requires suitable evaluation for guiding appropriate therapy. We hereby report a case of cutaneous actinomycosis of the right finger- a rare site, in a 34-year-old female patient which underwent usual treatment of surgical excision. This patient complained of existence of a mass and tenderness in the pulp of right index finger. The X-ray of hand revealed no significant abnormality. The patient was treated successfully with surgical excision. Surgery detected five small nodules measuring 0.5 to 1 cm in size. Histopathologic examination of the biopsy from the lesions confirmed diagnosis of cutaneous actinomycosis. Here, we report a cutaneous actinomycosis in a 34-year-old female located in the index finger.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8370/16926_CE[Ra1]_F(GH)_PF1(Vi_Om)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG)_PF3(P_PR).pdfcutaneous actinomycosispathologydiagnosis |
| spellingShingle | Mansour Moghimi Mohammad Baghi Yazdi Mojtaba Babaei Zarch Actinomycosis of Finger: Case Report and Review of the Literature Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research cutaneous actinomycosis pathology diagnosis |
| title | Actinomycosis of Finger: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Actinomycosis of Finger: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Actinomycosis of Finger: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Actinomycosis of Finger: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Actinomycosis of Finger: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | actinomycosis of finger case report and review of the literature |
| topic | cutaneous actinomycosis pathology diagnosis |
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