A case report of hepatic actinomycosis: A rare form of presentation

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Submitted: September 14, 2022
Published: Sep 20, 2022
DOI: 10.29328/journal.ijcar.1001019
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Liver abscesses, Hepatic actinomycosis, Acute abdominal pain, Penicillin

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Nieto Piñar Yasmina
Multidisciplinary Sepsis Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Son Llàtzer University Hospital, Spain
Hernández González Verónica Lisseth
Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Multidisciplinary Sepsis Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Son Llàtzer University Hospital, Spain
Borges SA Marcio
Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Multidisciplinary Sepsis Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Son Llàtzer University Hospital, Spain

Abstract

Hepatic Actinomycosis (HA) is a very rare abdominal actinomycosis that can be confused with hepatic involvement due to a tumor. Liver involvement can occur from an abdominal focus or by blood dissemination from another focus. This disease is much more common in men between 50 - 70 years and in a situation of immunosuppression.


Symptoms are nonspecific and diagnosis includes histopathology, cultures, and imaging test. Treatment includes prolonged antibiotic therapy with antibiotics such as penicillin and drainage of abscesses.


We present a case of a 54-year-old man patient with a record of three years of chronic pancreatitis of probably alcoholic origin, who developed hepatic actinomycosis, requiring drainage of liver abscesses and directed antibiotic treatment.

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Yasmina, N. P., Lisseth, H. G. V., & Marcio, B. S. (2022). A case report of hepatic actinomycosis: A rare form of presentation. International Journal of Clinical Anesthesia and Research, 5(1), 004–006. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.ijcar.1001019
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