Fine needle aspiration cytology of vulvar actinomycosis masquerading clinically as malignancy

Fine needle aspiration cytology of vulvar actinomycosis masquerading clinically as malignancy

Actinomycosis is a chronic infection caused by Actinomyces israelii, usually seen in immunocompromised patients or in the background of tissue injury. Vulvar actinomycosis presenting as a fixed swelling in an elderly individual can mimic malignancy and pose a diagnostic dilemma. We report here a cas...

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Main Authors: Rahul Parasram Wanjari, Suwarna Bhupendra Patil, Manjiri Gunvant Khade, Dilip S Sarate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Cytology
Subjects:
Actinomycosis; fine needle aspiration (FNA); malignancy
vulvar
Online Access:http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2015;volume=32;issue=4;spage=273;epage=274;aulast=Wanjari

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