Tamer, AliGündüz, YaseminKarabay, Oğuzİka, HüseyinAksel, Ferda2021-06-232021-06-2320061300-0292https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/4399https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33745777417&partnerID=40&md5=3c4a1e1a603ec1359aa4c4b86df52a78https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33745777417&partnerID=40&md5=3c4a1e1a603ec1359aa4c4b86df52a78Actinomyces spp., cause a chronic suppurative, granulomatous disease which is characterized clinically by extensive abscess formation, recurrent draining sinuses and fistulae and histologically by the presence of the so-called sulphur granules. Colonic actinomycosis is relatively rare, and its diagnosis is difficult. In this paper, we present a patient operated due to abdominal mass and diagnosed as transverse colon actinomycosis postoperatively, and discuss this case by reviewing the literature. Copyright © 2006 by Türkiye Klinikleri.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessActinomycosisTransverse colonReview Article2633303332-s2.0-33745777417Q4