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Pelvic actinomycosis associated with intrauterine devices.

Abstract
The authors describe two women with pelvic pain, long-term use of an intrauterine device, and a pelvic mass due to Actinomyces israelii. The diagnostic imaging findings were nonspecific but included mass effect and mucosal irregularity of the rectosigmoid colon at barium enema examination and complex masses and inflammatory changes at computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Radiologists should be aware of the imaging findings of this potentially lethal but curable condition.
AuthorsK F O'Connor, M N Bagg, M R Croley, S I Schabel
JournalRadiology (Radiology) Vol. 170 Issue 2 Pg. 559-60 (Feb 1989) ISSN: 0033-8419 [Print] United States
PMID2911683 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Actinomycosis (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, etiology)
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intrauterine Devices (adverse effects)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, etiology)
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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