An Unusual Presentation of an Uncommon Infection—A Case of Orbital  Actinomycosis

Prema Saldanha; Julian Saldanha

doi:10.58739/jcbs/v03i4.2

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An Unusual Presentation of an Uncommon Infection—A Case of Orbital Actinomycosis

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Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v03i4.2

Year: 2013, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 204-205

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An Unusual Presentation of an Uncommon Infection—A Case of Orbital Actinomycosis

Prema Saldanha¹, Julian Saldanha²

¹.Professor, Department of Pathology, yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
².Senior Specialist, Department of General Medicine, Government Wenlock Hospital, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

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Abstract

Orbital actinomycosis is a rare infection. The source of infection may be from adjacent structures like the oral cavity or paranasal sinuses or external following trauma(1,2,3,4) . This is a case of orbital actinomycosis which presented one year after a head injury