Cardiac actinomycosis in a patient presenting with acute cardiac tamponade and a mass mimicking pericardial tumour

Acute Cardiac Tamponade Caused by the Extension of Multiple Hepatic Actinomycotic Abscesses

“…Sharma et al reviewed 35 cases in which 29 (82.9%) required surgical intervention to obtain specimens for diagnosis (7). The pericardium is the most common infectious site of cardiac actinomycosis, which is reported to be less than 2% in all actinomycosis (8)(9)(10)(11). Pericardial effusion is the representative sign which may evolve into cardiac tamponade.…”

“…Pericardial effusion is the representative sign which may evolve into cardiac tamponade. Cardiac actinomycosis is generally caused by direct invasion of mediastinal or thoracic actinomycosis, but it is rarely provoked by hematogenous spread (8)(9)(10)(11).…”

Endocarditis infecciosa actinomicótica de la válvula mitral: Caso de autopsia y revisión de la literatura

“…La mayoría de los casos de actinomicosis cardíaca descritos son secundarios a otro foco [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] , frecuentemente éste es bucal, correspondiendo a una períodontitis o abscesos radiculares 16 , o a focos pulmonares. El miocardio es el sitio de compromiso más frecuente; sólo en raras ocasiones hay extensión al pericardio y endocardio [17][18][19][20][21][22][23] . En algunas ocasiones, focos cutáneos, particularmente del área precordial, invaden el mediastino, siendo el pericardio el primero en afectarse, con obliteración del espacio pericárdico, posteriormente hay compromiso miocárdico y no es raro que el proceso se extienda al endocardio, perforando la pared.…”

Pulmonary Actinomycosis Masquerading as a Malignant Lung Tumor in a 9-Year-Old Boy

“…7 The mean age of diagnosis of PA in children is 10 years. nancy of various organs including bones, kidneys, lungs, parotid gland, and pericardium.…”