Intracranial actinomycosis

Intracranial actinomycosis

Actinomycosis infection is a slow progressing disease, in which involvment of the central nervous system by Actinomyces israelii is uncommon (less than 5%). Clinical picture is non-specific and is often misdiagnosed with neoplasia; some clinical clues my arise suspicion. The case of a 59 year-old f...

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Main Authors: Alfonso Pacheco-Hernandez, Jorque Aquino-Matus, Willem Guillermo Calderon-Miranda, Jean Carlos Pinto-Angarita, Ronsangela Ramirez-Barranco, Katherine Gomez-Barragan, Ernesto Jose Rocha-Reyes, Marco Antonio Blancas-Rivera, Zyanya Patricia Carbajal Menes, Paulo Cesar Puac Polanco, Guru Dutta Satyarthee, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: London Academic Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:Romanian Neurosurgery
Subjects:
actinomycosis
intracraneal
Infection
brain
abscess
tumor
Online Access:https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/1005

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