Actinomycosis presenting as a parotid tumor

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Sittitrai P., Srivanitchapoom C., Pattarasakulchai T., Lekawanavijit S.
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2014
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955779846&partnerID=40&md5=920c30445db20058cf8fb875e50b950e; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21570224; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2661

Actinomycosis of the parotid gland is a rare chronic infection and can present with a slow-growing mass mimicking a tumor. The authors report five cases of parotid actinomycosis. All patients presented as having enlarging masses at the parotid area for 2-6 months without a history of obvious dental...