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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Cervico-Facial Actinomycosis: Epidemiological and clinical comments

Silvia TortoriciFrancesco BurruanoMaria Lidia BuzzancaDaniela CabibiEmiliano MaresiP Difalco

subject

Settore MED/28 - Malattie OdontostomatologicheSettore MED/08 - Anatomia PatologicaCervicofacial bacterial tumour skin fistula actinomycosis differential diagnosis

description

In a retrospective investigation performed in the department of Surgical Odontostomatology of Palermo University Polyclinic from 1997-2006, the authors examined 12 cases of cervico-facial actinomycosis, taking into consideration age range, gender distribution, predisposing factors and symptoms. In concordance with reports in literature, they found that the disease was perimandibular in 65%, they also report the diagnostic methods and therapeutic approaches used in the study

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/41950