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Actinomycosis in concha bullosa: a case report

Fethullah Kenar
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
Şahin Ulu
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Hüsniye Dilek
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Abdullah Ayçiçek
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Hüseyin Yıldız
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Received: 13 September 2024
Published: 02 February 2014

Abstract

Actinomyces, a gram-positive, anaerobic-to-microaerophilic species of bacteria, lives as commensal in human body. In this report, actinomycosis in concha bullosa in a 51-year-old woman is presented and it is aimed to add a case to the very rarely reported atypical locations of actinomycosis. Also, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches were discussed. Actinomycosis should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of the patients with effluent at head and neck region and nasal cavity in daily practice of otorhinolaryngology.

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