Korean J Obstet Gynecol.  2002 Oct;45(10):1865-1869.

Two Cases of Pelvic Actinomycosis associated with Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUD)

• Gu SJ
• Kim JH
• Kim SH
• Bak JD
• Lee HU
• Lee CJ
• Kim TS
• Kim IS

Abstract

Actinomycosis is difficult to diagnose preoperatively because of non-specific clinical feature. We usually have excessively invasive treatment for actinomycosis. So, we must rule out actinomycosis in the case of patients with a complaint of lower abdominal pain with a long time IUD inserted state and laboratory findings suggestive of inflammation. We experienced two cases of pelvic actinomycosis associated with IUD and report these cases with a brief review of literatures.

Keyword

Actinomycosis; Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD)

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Pain
Actinomycosis*
Humans
Inflammation
Intrauterine Devices*