Esophageal Actinomycosis Presenting as an Obstructive Esophageal Mass

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Author
Alshati, Ali
Appleton, Leslie
Maddux, Jacob T
Almohammedawi, Mays
Dangerfield, Benjamin
Affiliation
Univ Arizona, Coll Med, Dept Internal Med
Issue Date
2019-07-23

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
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Alshati, A., Appleton, L., Maddux, J. T., Almohammedawi, M., & Dangerfield, B. (2019). Esophageal Actinomycosis Presenting as an Obstructive Esophageal Mass. ACG Case Reports Journal, 6(7), e00140. https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000140 ‌
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ACG CASE REPORTS JOURNAL
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Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Abstract
Esophageal actinomycosis is a rare type of esophageal infection, with only approximately 24 cases previously reported in the United States. Most of these cases were described as erosions or ulcers when examined endoscopically. We present a 47-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia. Endoscopy showed a lower esophageal fungating mass, mimicking a malignant mass. Although there was a high suspicion of esophageal carcinoma, biopsy results showed esophageal actinomyces infection.
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Open access journal
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2326-3253
PubMed ID
31620537
DOI
10.14309/crj.0000000000000140
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Final published version
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