Actinomycosis involving the periapical region  and mimicking a dentoalveolar abscess:  An unusual presentation

Kumuda Rao; Subhas G  Babu; Urvashi  Shetty; Renita Lorina  Castelino; Gopinath  Tilak

doi:10.5152/EurJTher.2017.02017

Authors

Kumuda Rao Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE University
Subhas G Babu Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE University
Urvashi Shetty Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE University
Renita Lorina Castelino Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE University
Gopinath Tilak Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, NITTE University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5152/EurJTher.2017.02017

Keywords:

Actinomycosis, dento-alveolar abscess, polymicrobial infection

Abstract

Actinomycosis in the oral region is usually seen following surgery or odontogenic infection. It is a chronic suppurative and granulomatous infection which usually spreads into adjacent soft tissues without regard to tissue planes. These infections have decreased in number in the present days and are uncommon. The diagnosis is often missed or delayed because of general unfamiliarity with the disease. We hereby report a case of actinomycosis near angle of the mandible mimicking dento-alveolar abscess following extraction of third molar.

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