Pelvic Actinomycosis
Joo-Yong SHIN; Jong-Wun CHANG; Chang-Soo RHEE; Eun-Young LEE; Byung-Hun CHA; Hong KIM; Jung-Sik KIM; Yang-Goo JOO; Soo-Jhi SUH.
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
; : 533-538, 1996.
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| WPRIM | ID: wpr-21558
PURPOSE:
To demonstrate the radiologic characteristics of the pelvic actinomycosis. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
We retrospectively reviewed the radiologic findings of seven patients with pathologically proven pelvic actinomycosis and analyzed the anatomical location, characteristics of the lesion and alteration of surrounding structures.RESULTS:
The location of the lesions were the ovary and adnexa(n=4), rectum(n=1), cecum and terminalileum(n=1), and bladder(n=1). Three of the seven patients had a past history of intrauterine devices.Post-contrast enhanced CT showed an ill-defined mass with inhomogeneous enhancement and a tendency to invade th esurrounding normal tissue plane.CONCLUSION:
Pelvic actinomycosis should be included in differential diagnosis when an unusually aggressive infiltrative mass is located in the pelvic cavity, especially in a patient with long-term use of intrauterine contraceptive devices.
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