Appendiceal actinomycosis mimicking appendiceal tumor, appendicitis or inflammatory bowel disease

Appendiceal actinomycosis is very rare and its diagnosis is often difficult even in surgically resected specimens. Here we report two cases of appendiceal actinomycosis confirmed by pathologic examination of surgically resected specimens. Characteristic histologic features included transmural chroni...

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Main Authors: You-Na Sung, Jihun Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jpatholtm.org/upload/pdf/jptm-2020-05-17.pdf