Actinomycosis of the nasal cavity

Actinomycosis of the middle turbinate

“…More than half of the reported cases of actinomycosis have a cervicofacial localisation. However, nasal and paranasal sinus involvement has rarely been described (3,4,13,(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12) Only one case of middle turbinate actinomycosis was reported in the English literature (5).…”

“…Cervicofacial infection accounts for more than 60% of all cases (1). However, nose and paranasal sinus involvement has rarely been reported [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. We describe herein a case report of a patient presenting with a middle turbinate actinomycosis.…”

Actinomycosis of the Nasal Septum: A Rare Entity

“…Probably the tissue structural changes promoted by hyperglycemia seen in diabetic patients increased the susceptibility to infection. As far as we know, there are only three reports in the literature of actinomycosis located in the nasal septum [5,8,10].…”

“…The evolution of the infection varies from insidious, painless, and slowly progressive to fast dissemination and painful course [3][4]. This disease can be classified accordingly to the involved anatomic site into cervicofacial, thoracic, abdominopelvic, central nervous system, musculoskeletal or disseminated [2,5]. Although up to 60% of infections occur at the cervicofacial region [6], the involvement of nasal cavities is remarkably rare, with few cases described in the literature [3,5,[7][8][9][10][11].…”

“…This disease can be classified accordingly to the involved anatomic site into cervicofacial, thoracic, abdominopelvic, central nervous system, musculoskeletal or disseminated [2,5]. Although up to 60% of infections occur at the cervicofacial region [6], the involvement of nasal cavities is remarkably rare, with few cases described in the literature [3,5,[7][8][9][10][11]. Consequently, the clinical features and treatment protocol are not established yet.…”