Ovarian and vesical actinomycosis: a case report and literature review
- Authors
- Hwang, Jong Ha; Hong, Jin Hwa; Lee, Jae Kwan
- Issue Date
- 4월-2009
- Publisher
- SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
- Keywords
- Actinomycosis; Ovary; Bladder
- Citation
- ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS, v.279, no.4, pp.591 - 593
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
- Volume
- 279
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 591
- End Page
- 593
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/120349
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00404-008-0770-9
- ISSN
- 0932-0067
- Abstract
- We present a patient with a tubo-ovarian abscess pathologically confirmed to be actinomycosis in a 44-year-old woman with an intrauterine device (IUD). An ultrasound showed that the IUD was imposed on an apparently degenerated myoma. A pelvic MRI was performed to differentiate the uterine findings from a sarcoma. The MRI showed a heterogeneous pelvic mass and a bladder mass suggesting chronic inflammation caused by an organism such as actinomycosis. An exploratory laparotomy was performed, which revealed a right tubo-ovarian mass with abscess formation as well as a bladder mass. A subtotal hysterectomy, right salpingoophorectomy, partial cystectomy, and appendectomy were performed in addition to drainage of the abscess. Histopathological examination revealed a tubo-ovarian abscess and a bladder mass with colonies of actinomycoses.
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