Nasopharyngeal Actinomycosis
Joint Authors
Ouertatani, Lamia
Kharrat, Salima
Sahtout, Samia
Besbes, Ghazi
Jeblaoui, Yassine
Source
Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-10-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Nasopharyngeal actinomycosis is a rarely encountered bacterial infection which usually occurs after nasal trauma or surgery.
In some clinical cases, nasopharyngeal actinomycosis has appeared in patients without prior trauma, making diagnosis difficult.
Here we present three such cases successfully treated with appropriate dosages of penicillin.
One 16-year-old boy with no previous medical antecedents showed an important thickening of the posterior wall of the nasopharynx.
A similar nasopharyngeal thickening was found in a 42-year-old woman exhibiting poor dental hygiene.
In another 42-year-old woman, nasopharyngeal inflammation was accompanied by multiple right lymphoadenopathies.
Like the first two patients, the woman had no prior trauma but did exhibit poor dental hygiene and teeth rottenness.
In all three patients, actinomycosis diagnosis was confirmed by anaerobic microbial culturing of the biopsy specimen.
Although diagnosis is delayed in patients with no prior trauma, treatment with antibiotics has greatly improved the prognosis for all forms of actinomycosis, and neither death nor deformity is common.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ouertatani, Lamia& Jeblaoui, Yassine& Kharrat, Salima& Sahtout, Samia& Besbes, Ghazi. 2011. Nasopharyngeal Actinomycosis. Case Reports in Otolaryngology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ouertatani, Lamia…[et al.]. Nasopharyngeal Actinomycosis. Case Reports in Otolaryngology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ouertatani, Lamia& Jeblaoui, Yassine& Kharrat, Salima& Sahtout, Samia& Besbes, Ghazi. Nasopharyngeal Actinomycosis. Case Reports in Otolaryngology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-466352