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Intravital Microscopy Imaging of the Liver following Leishmania Infection: An Assessment of Hepatic Hemodynamics
Published on: July 28, 2015
[Primary hepatic actinomycosis]
C J Castellón Pavón1, A M Foruria Franco, M A González Núñez
1Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain. ccastellonp@teleline.es
Abstract:
Primary hepatic actinomycosis is a rare infection that can clinically be confused with hepatic pyogenous abscesses or neoproliferative processes. We present the case of a 71-year-old man who had previously undergone total gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma. After 4 years of favorable clinical course he presented a space-occupying lesion in the right hepatic lobe. Diagnostic tests were nonspecific and the diagnosis was confirmed by histological study of a biopsy of the lesion obtained through laparotomy. Prolonged antibiotic treatment produced a complete response. The etiopathogenesis and diagnostic-therapeutic options of hepatic actinomycosis are reviewed.
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