Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial
"Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of ACTINOMYCOSIS characterized by slow-growing inflammatory lesions of the lymph nodes that drain the mouth (lumpy jaw), reddening of the overlying skin, and intraperitoneal abscesses.
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D000197
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.137.262 C01.252.825.110 C01.539.800.720.110 C17.800.838.765.110
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Actinomycosis, Cervicofacial" by people in Profiles.
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Cervicofacial actinomycosis: CT and MR imaging findings in seven patients. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Mar; 24(3):331-5.