Open AccessOcular Actinomycosis Mimicking Meningioma
Author(s) -
Takaaki Kobayashi,
Bradley Ford,
Nobuhiro Fujita,
A. Ben Appenheimer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa170
Subject(s) - medicine , actinomycosis , actinomyces , meningioma , erythema , orbit (dynamics) , dermatology , pathology , genetics , bacteria , engineering , biology , aerospace engineering
Orbital actinomycosis is an unusual clinical manifestation of orbital infection caused by Actinomyces species. Herein we report a case of orbital actinomycosis in a 67-year-old woman with recurrent swelling and erythema around her left eye with an orbital mass initially thought to be a meningioma.
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