Case 219: Pelvic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignant Tumor

Abdominal-Pelvic Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignant Neoplasm

Abdominal-pelvic actinomycosis is often mistaken for other conditions, presenting a preoperative diagnostic challenge. In a 46-year-old female, computed tomography showed an abdominal-pelvic retroperitoneal mass extending from the lower pole of the right kidney to the lower pelvis. The patient had a 3-year history of intrauterine device. The mass appeared to involve the ascending colon, cecum, ...

Pelvic Actinomycosis Mimicking a Locally Advanced Pelvic Malignancy--case Report.

We present the case of a former user of an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) for 10 years, diagnosed with a bulky, fixed pelvic tumor involving the internal genital organs and the recto sigmoid, causing luminal narrowing of the rectum, interpreted as locally advanced pelvic malignancy, probably of genital origin. Intraoperatively, a high index of suspicion made us collect a sample from th...

Actinomycosis mimicking sinonasal malignant disease.

To cite: Saibene AM, Di Pasquale D, Pipolo C, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-200300 DESCRIPTION A 46-year-old man was referred to our ear nose throat clinic for the right nasal obstruction, purulent nasal discharge, mid-facial swelling and upper right gingival retraction since 6 months. He had previously received antibiotic therapy wi...

Abdominal actinomycosis mimicking a malignant neoplasm.

Pelvic actinomycosis presenting as a malignant pelvic mass: a case report

INTRODUCTION Pelvic actinomycosis constitutes 3% of all human actinomycosis infections. It is usually insidious, and is often mistaken for other conditions such as diverticulitis, abscesses, inflammatory bowel disease and malignant tumors, presenting a diagnostic challenge pre-operatively; it is identified post-operatively in most cases. Here we present a case that presented as pelvic malignanc...