Actinomyces Colonization in Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor: A Case Report

Jafari-Ashkavandi, Zohreh; Kamali, Fereshteh

Actinomyces Colonization in Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor: A Case Report

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Zohreh Jafari-Ashkavandi ¹

Fereshteh Kamali ²

¹ Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

² Postgraduate Student, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial pathology, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran.

Abstract

Actinomycosis is an anaerobic infection that involves the craniofacial region and its colonization has rarely been reported in the developmental odontogenic cysts. In the present report, a case of odontogenic keratocyst (which is now called keratocystic odontogenic tumor) with the colonization of actinomyces is introduced and its significance is discussed.