Tonsillar Actinomycosis Simulating an Oropharyngeal Neoplasm in a 67-Year-Old Man With Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Ischemic Heart Disease: A Case Report From King Faisal General Hospital, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia

Oluwarotimi O Bamiro, Babatope L Awosusi, Hussain A AlSaleh, Eman H Essa Alkhalaf

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.113480
Published: 2026-07-27
Container: Cureus
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.113480,
  title = {Tonsillar Actinomycosis Simulating an Oropharyngeal Neoplasm in a 67-Year-Old Man With Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Ischemic Heart Disease: A Case Report From King Faisal General Hospital, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia},
  author = {Oluwarotimi O Bamiro and Babatope L Awosusi and Hussain A AlSaleh and Eman H Essa Alkhalaf},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.113480},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.113480}
}

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AU  - Babatope L Awosusi
AU  - Hussain A AlSaleh
AU  - Eman H Essa Alkhalaf
PY  - 2026
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.113480
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Bamiro, O. O., Awosusi, B. L., AlSaleh, H. A., & Alkhalaf, E. H. E. (2026). Tonsillar Actinomycosis Simulating an Oropharyngeal Neoplasm in a 67-Year-Old Man With Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Ischemic Heart Disease: A Case Report From King Faisal General Hospital, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.113480

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