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Case Report of Pelvic Actinomycosis Presenting as a Complex Pelvic Mass
| Pandian Radha*, Amy Forsberg Condon and Timothy Lim Yong Kuei | |
| K K Women’s & Children’s Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore | |
| Corresponding Author : | Pandian Radha K K Women’s & Children’s Hospital 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore Tel: 65 6394-1067 Fax: 65 6298- 6343 E-mail: radhahk@gmail.com |
| Received September 06, 2014; Accepted December 12, 2014; Published December 17, 2014 | |
| Citation: Radha P, Condon AF, Yong Kuei TL (2015) Case Report of Pelvic Actinomycosis Presenting as a Complex Pelvic Mass. J Preg Child Health 2:125. doi: 10.4172/2376-127X.1000125 | |
| Copyright: © 2015 Radha P, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Pelvic actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Gram- positive anaerobic bacteria, Actinomycosis israeli, which constitutes 3% of actinomycosis infections. Pelvic actinomycosis is insidious in onset, often presenting as a firm mass that appears fixed to the surrounding tissues, mimicking malignancy. It is also mistaken for other conditions such as diverticulosis and inflammatory bowel disease, which presents a diagnostic challenge pre-operatively. It has been recognized that pelvic actinomycosis is associated with long term use of an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD). Here we present a case which initially presented as a complex pelvic mass concerning for malignancy and was diagnosed as pelvic actinomycosis post-operatively on histopathology.
