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http://dx.doi.org/10.13104/jksmrm.2014.18.1.70

Cervicofacial Actinomycosis with Orbit Involvement  

Lee, Tae Young (Department of Radiology, Keimyung University, Dongsan Hospital)
Lee, Eun Joo (Department of Radiology, Keimyung University, Dongsan Hospital)
Chang, Hyuk Won (Department of Radiology, Keimyung University, Dongsan Hospital)
Jung, Hye Ra (Department of Pathology, Keimyung University, Dongsan Hospital)
Kim, Eal Maan (Department of Neurosurgery, Keimyung University, Dongsan Hospital)
Lee, Hyung (Department of Neurology, Keimyung University, Dongsan Hospital)
Kim, Sang Pyo (Department of Pathology, Keimyung University, Dongsan Hospital)
Lee, Sang Kwon (Department of Radiology, Keimyung University, Dongsan Hospital)
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Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging / v.18, no.1, 2014 , pp. 70-74 More about this Journal
Abstract
Actinomycosis is caused by filamentous Gram positive anaerobic bacteria from the Actinomycetaceae family, and known as a rare cause of the infection at the eyeball. We report magnetic resonance findings of a 60-year-old Korean man with cervicofacial actinomycosis, including cellulitis in the eye and central nervous system actinomycosis. On orbital magnetic resonance imaging, gadolinium-enhanced T1-weight images showed multiple abnormal enhancing lesions in head and neck including right eye, and some include low signal intensities which considered as abscesses. The lesions was diagnosed as actinomycosis by incisional biopsy, and since then was cured by using antibiotics of penicillin family.
Keywords
ctinomycosis; Orbital; Cervicofacial; Cellulitis;
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