Tarzi Mario, Douedari Alma, Aldakhil Rama, Danial Aghyad Kudra, Al-Haj Ahmad
Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria.
Department of Surgery, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria.
J Surg Case Rep. 2021 May 5;2021(5):rjab171. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab171. eCollection 2021 May.
Primary abdominal wall actinomycosis is rare, but even rarer when it comes to intestinal infiltration; it is usually misdiagnosed as a neoplasm in computed tomography till proved otherwise with pathological examination. We report a 59-year-old diabetic male presented with a year-old abdominal wall mass, diagnosed by pathology after surgical excisional biopsy, and treated with penicillin for 6 months. We recommend consideration of actinomycosis in cases of abdominal wall mass, especially in immunocompromised patients, as a differential diagnosis of neoplastic lesions.