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Parotid actinomycosis mimicking metastatic lymphadenopathy
1Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton WV10 0QP, UK. c_mamais@doctors.net.uk
The West Indian Medical Journal
|January 10, 2012
Abstract:
We present a patient with actinomycosis of the parotid, as confirmed by histology, and discuss the challenges involved when clinical and radiological findings are highly indicative of metastatic malignancy. Early treatment with antibiotics is indicated infungating or infected masses and exclusion of malignancy by histology is often needed.
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