Actinomycosis of tongue: Rare presentation mimicking malignancy with literature review and imaging features

Siddiq Ahmed; Muhammad Ali; Nurudeen Adegbite; Ram Vaidhyanath; Christopher Avery

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2018.10.022

Actinomycosis of tongue: Rare presentation mimicking malignancy with literature review and imaging features

Radiol Case Rep. 2018 Nov 8;14(2):190-194. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2018.10.022. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Authors

Siddiq Ahmed¹, Muhammad Ali¹, Nurudeen Adegbite¹, Ram Vaidhyanath², Christopher Avery¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary square, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK.
² Department of Radiology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary square, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.

Abstract

Actinomycosis of the tongue is rare. It may be difficult to differentiate this infection clinically and radiologically from other tongue pathology especially neoplasia. We report a substantial tongue lesion which mimicked malignancy at presentation. The patient was treated successfully with 4 weeks of oral antibiotic therapy. It is also important that clinicians are aware of the radiological differential diagnosis of lingual actinomycosis.

Keywords: Actinomycosis; Imaging; Tongue.

Publication types

Case Reports