A 60-year-old man presented an acute abdominal condition caused by a liver-pancreatic complication, which proved fatal. Surgical and necropsy examination revealed multiple abscesses involving the liver and the head of the pancreas. The histological examination of the pus in the abscesses revealed the presence of multiple granules, which on H-E and P.A.S., proved to be typical of those produced by the fungus actinomyces Israeli. A hypothesis for the pathogenetic explanation of the selectivity of the anatomical lesions is put forward.