Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
증례
편도주위 농양 절개 후 발생한 방선균증 1예
박동욱1, 진희성1, 장원익1, 김동욱1,*
A Case of Actinomycosis after Incision of Peritonsillar Abscess
Dong Wook Park1, Hee Sung Chin1, Won Ik Jang1, Dong Wook Kim1,*
1순천향대학교 의과대학 서울병원 이비인후-두경부외과학교실
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
*교신저자: 김동욱, 140-743 서울 용산구 한남동 657 순천향대학교 의과대학 서울병원 이비인후-두경부외과학 교실 전화: (02) 709-9361·전송: (02) 794-9628 E-mail:
kdw1228@hosp.sch.ac.kr
© Copyright 2010 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received: Feb 28, 2010; Revised: Mar 26, 2010; Accepted: Apr 25, 2010
Published Online: May 31, 2020
ABSTRACT
Actinomycosis is a disease caused by an anaerobic bacteria called Actinomyces species (predominantly Actinomyces israelii), which is a common and normally nonpathogenic organism found in the oral cavity and upper gastric tract. The infection usually presents three distinct localizations as cervicofacial, thoracic, abdominopelvic area. Actinomycosis is difficult to diagnose because of variable presentation and fastidious nature of the organism in culture and general lack of familiarity with the disease. The sulfur granule defines the pathognomic pathologic finding of actinomycosis, but it has been reported in only 40% of cases. We present a case of actinomycosis of infraparotid area after peritonsillar abscess, who was incised on peritonsillar area. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2010;21:131-134)
Keywords: 방선균증; 편도주위농양
Keywords: Actinomycosis; Peritonsillar abscess
