Gastric Outlet Obstruction Secondary to Gastric Actinomycosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
Keywords:
actinomycosis, gastric outlet obstructionAbstract
Actinomycosis is a rare chronic infection caused by the bacteria of the Actinomyces species. Gastric
actinomycosis is an extremely rare disease. The usual presentations are low-grade fever, epigastric pain, weight
loss, and upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. To date, about 21 cases have been reported in the literature. It
is difficult to diagnose preoperatively. This chronic infection has a propensity to mimic malignancy. An
accurate diagnosis is always obtained in a histological examination of the resected specimen. We report here
a 39-year-old woman with primary gastric actinomycosis presenting with gastric outlet obstruction. Because of
its rarity, gastric actinomycosis is an entity overlooked by most surgeons. Reporting of such case may help
increase the awareness of this important and curable disease. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case
of gastric outlet obstruction secondary to gastric actinomycosis in the literature. The literature on gastric and
abdominal actinomycosis were also reviewed.
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