Korean J Obstet Gynecol.  2001 Jun;44(6):1186-1191.

A case of Pelvic Actinomycosis Associated with Intrauterine Device

• Park JY
• Kim SJ
• Sohn WS
• Kang JB
• Jang PR

Abstract

Actinomycosis is a chronic, progressive, suppurative disease which appears to be difficult to establish a correct preoperative diagnosis. Most of pelvic actinomycosis in women are related to a long time intrauterine device(IUD) inserted state. The causative agent is a branching, gram-positive anaerobic or microaerobic organism, not fungi. Ascending infection of the upper genital tract by actinomycosis may be clinically inapparent. We experienced a case of clinically inapparent tuboovarian actinomycosis in a 47-year-old women with IUD, discovered pathologically after laparotomy.

Keyword

pelvic actinomycosis; intrauterine device; tuboovarian abscess

MeSH Terms

Actinomycosis*
Diagnosis
Female
Fungi
Humans
Intrauterine Devices*
Laparotomy
Middle Aged