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Acute Primary Actinomycosis Involving the Hard Palate of a Diabetic Patient

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 72; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.joms.2013.08.006

1531-5053

Ana Luiza Dias Leite de Andrade, Márcio Menezes Novaes, Adriano Rocha Germano, Kléber Giovanni Luz, Roseana de Almeida Freitas, Hébel Cavalcanti Galvão,

Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

Actinomycosis is a relatively rare infection caused by saprophytic bacteria of the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract that can become pathogenic. The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes mellitus induces events that promote structural changes in various tissues and are associated with problems in wound healing. This infection remains largely unknown to most clinicians because of its different presentations, and palatal involvement is extremely rare. This report describes the case of a 46-year-old woman who was diagnosed with actinomycosis involving the hard palate. The main clinical, histopathologic, and therapeutic characteristics and differential diagnosis of actinomycosis are reviewed. To date, 3 cases of actinomycosis involving the hard palate have been reported.