Two Cases of Pelvic Actinomycosis associated with Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUD).

Gu, Sun Jeong; Kim, Jun Hong; Kim, Su Hyeon; Bak, Jae Dong; Lee, Hong U; Lee, Chang Jae; Kim, Tae Sang; Kim, Ik Su

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2002;45(10):1865-1869.
Published online October 1, 2002.

Two Cases of Pelvic Actinomycosis associated with Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUD).

Sun Jeong Gu, Jun Hong Kim, Su Hyeon Kim, Jae Dong Bak, Hong U Lee, Chang Jae Lee, Tae Sang Kim, Ik Su Kim

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.

Key Words: Actinomycosis, Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD)