Disseminated actinomycosis with multifocal muscular involvement
Hussain, S.; Sequeira, A.; Malik, A.; Huang, J.
Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society Official Organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 158(4): 189-191
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-6921 PMID: 17022363 Document Number: 604522
We present a case of thoracic actinomycosis with hematogenous spread to the contralateral para-spinal muscles and ipsilateral lower extremity causing extensive myositis of the thigh. Aspiration secondary to chronic alcoholism and poor dentition were responsible for thoracic actinomycosis with subsequent hematogenous dissemination.