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== Clinical Summary == | == Clinical Summary == | ||
This 18-year-old black female felt well until one year before death, when she developed a persistent, progressive skin rash and weight loss. One month before death, draining abscesses appeared in the perirectal region. Biopsy showed actinomycosis. Despite treatment, the patient died. | This 18-year-old black female felt well until one year before death, when she developed a persistent, progressive skin rash and weight loss. One month before death, draining abscesses appeared in the perirectal region. Biopsy showed actinomycosis. Despite treatment, the patient died. | ||
Autopsy revealed a large abscess around the cecum which had ruptured. The perirectal abscesses had originated from extensions of this pericecal abscess. | |||
Autopsy revealed a large abscess around the cecum which had ruptured. The perirectal abscesses had originated from extensions of this pericecal abscess. | |||
== Images == | == Images == | ||
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File:IPLab9Actinomycosis5.jpg|This is a high-power photomicrograph of an actinomycotic colony. The filamentous nature (arrows) of the actinomyces organisms is more easily appreciated at this power. | File:IPLab9Actinomycosis5.jpg|This is a high-power photomicrograph of an actinomycotic colony. The filamentous nature (arrows) of the actinomyces organisms is more easily appreciated at this power. | ||
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== Virtual Microscopy == | |||
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== Study Questions == | == Study Questions == | ||
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=== Images === | === Images === | ||
* [ | * [{{SERVER}}/library/index.php?/tags/2154-actinomycosis PEIR Digital Library: Actinomycosis Images] | ||
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[[Category: IPLab:Lab 9]] | [[Category: IPLab:Lab 9]] | ||