Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Clinical Rhinology
Source : Clinical Rhinology, Volume 5, Number 1, p.41-43 (2012)
Keywords : actinomycosis, adult, article, case report, clinical examination, computer assisted tomography, disease association, encephalocele, endoscopy, frontal sinusitis, Gram positive bacterium, Gram staining, histopathology, human, inflammatory infiltrate, male, mucocele, nonhuman, nose infection, nose surgery, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, pathological anatomy, penicillin G
Campus : Kochi
School : School of Medicine
Department : ENT
Year : 2012
Abstract : Actinomycosis is a granulomatous and fibrosing disease caused by a Gram-positive, anaerobic, nonacid fast bacterium of the genus Actinomyces. We report an unusual presentation of actinomycosis that involved the frontal sinus. Clinical features, diagnostic criteria, treatment and follow-up are presented. © Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.
Cite this Research Publication : M. Kumar, Sadasivan, A., Viswam, V., and Menon, U., “A rare cause of frontal sinusitis”, Clinical Rhinology, vol. 5, pp. 41-43, 2012.