A case of pelvic actinomycosis mistaken for advanced ovarian cancer

Autor:	Jung Sun Yang, Yun Dan Kang, Jong-Soo Kim, Yun Hee Jeong, Jin Wan Park
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Oncology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.disease Bowel obstruction medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine medicine Pelvic Neoplasms Actinomycosis Radiology Radical surgery Abscess business Lymph node Hydronephrosis Rare disease
Zdroj:	Korean Journal of Obstetrics. 54:210
ISSN:	2233-5188
DOI:	10.5468/kjog.2011.54.4.210
Popis:	Actinomycosis is a normal inhabitant of the mouth and gastrointestinal tract. Pelvic actinomycosis is a rare disease that can result in abscess formation, bowel obstruction, and other serious complications. Diagnosis can seldom be established before radical surgery because the disease often mimics pelvic neoplasms and depends on anaerobic culture or histologic identifi cation of the organism. It has been recently recognized that pelvic actinomycosis is associated with long-term use of an intrauterine contraceptive device. But we had experienced a case of pelvic actinomycosis mimicking ovarian malignancy with a right hydronephrosis and lymph node enlargement in aortocarval and left paraaortic area in woman who did not use intra-uterine device.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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