Submandibular gland actinomycosis: A rare disease - Worth to mention

Bharti Varshney; Vidhu Sharma; Jyotsna Naresh Bharti; Sourabha Kumar Patro

doi:10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_130_19

Submandibular gland actinomycosis: A rare disease - Worth to mention

J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2019 Sep-Dec;23(3):479. doi: 10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_130_19.

Authors

Bharti Varshney¹, Vidhu Sharma², Jyotsna Naresh Bharti¹, Sourabha Kumar Patro²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

Abstract

Cervicofacial actinomycosis (AM) is a well-documented entity; however, primary AM of the submandibular gland is infrequent. The diagnosis is difficult due to its nonspecific clinical presentation and it usually mimics chronic granulomatous infection or malignant lesion. We report the case of a young female with AM of submandibular gland, presented as recurrent infection of submandibular gland, underwent its excision and confirmed on microscopy as Actinomyces.

Keywords: Actinomyces; actinomycosis; granulomatous; submandibular gland.

Publication types

Case Reports