Presentation of a case of cervical actinomycosis versus Hodgkin lymphoma
Viscasillas Pallás, G.; Cisa Lluís, E.; Cruellas Taischik, F.; Doménech Juan, I.; Dicenta Sousa, M.
Anales Otorrinolaringologicos Ibero-Americanos 32(1): 23-28
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-8874 PMID: 15803917 Document Number: 585443
Actinomycosis is an unfrequent bacterian infection, that affects 50% of the cases in the cervical facial region. The evolution and clinical, anatomopathologic radiologic characteristic, and its presentation bring us to suspect another type of more frequent pathology: the neoplastic, that make very difficult its diagnosis. We present the case of a young patient affected by a cervical tumoration initially oriented as Hodgkin lymphoma that finally was diagnosed as cervical actinomycosis and treated with penicillin.