Colonic actinomycosis mimicking a fish bone-related granuloma

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Oct;10(10):e81-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.06.028. Epub 2012 Jul 16.

Authors

Yun-Cheng Hsieh¹, Yu-Yao Chang, Kuei-Chuan Lee

Affiliation

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

PMID: 22801055
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.06.028

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdomen / diagnostic imaging
Actinomyces / isolation & purification*
Actinomycosis / diagnosis*
Actinomycosis / microbiology
Actinomycosis / pathology*
Actinomycosis / surgery
Aged
Colonic Diseases / diagnosis*
Colonic Diseases / microbiology
Colonic Diseases / pathology*
Colonic Diseases / surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Foreign-Body Reaction / diagnosis
Foreign-Body Reaction / pathology
Granuloma / diagnosis
Granuloma / pathology
Histocytochemistry
Humans
Microscopy
Radiography, Abdominal
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography