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case_images: Complete excision of the actinomycotic anterior abdominal wall mass including the affected abdominal wall structures (left arrow) and the adjacent omentum (right arrow).
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case_images: Following an abdominal transverse incision, intraoperative findings revealed a fibrotic mass of 12 x 13 cm within all layers of the anterior abdominal wall (Figure 1).
case_images: (a) Colonies of actinomyces with surrounding active chronic inflammatory cells and diffuse fibrosis (hematoxylin and eosin, x40), and (b) the same focus containing the filamentous colonies of actinomyces (x400).
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case_images: Histopathological examination showed acute and chronic inflammatory changes due to actinomycotic colonies (Figure 2).