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Case Report
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Korean J Obstet Gynecol. 2002;45(10):1865-1869. Published online October 1, 2002.
- Two Cases of Pelvic Actinomycosis associated with Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUD).
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Sun Jeong Gu, Jun Hong Kim, Su Hyeon Kim, Jae Dong Bak, Hong U Lee, Chang Jae Lee, Tae Sang Kim, Ik Su Kim
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1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
2Department of Anatomical Pathology, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
- 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.
Keywords :Actinomycosis;Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD)
