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Case Report

Volume 6, Number 10, October 2015, pages 441-443

Retroperitoneal Actinomycosis Mimicking a Malignant Neoplasm of Adrenal Gland

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. (A) Preoperative PET-CT scan. (B) Hypermetabolic mass lesion 63 × 52 × 73 mm in size on the left adrenal gland showed a standardized uptake value (SUV) of 18.2.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. (A) Micrograph showing actinomyces colonies surrounded with neutrophile and eosinophile, leucocytes. Abscess formations were seen (H&E, × 40). (B) High power of actinomyces colonies and inflammatory cells (H&E, × 200). (C) Atrophic adrenal glands tissues in the fibrous collagen tissue with chronic inflammatory cells were seen (H&E, × 100).