Mature cystic teratoma may be complicated by torsion, rupture, and malignant change, but is rarely complicated by infection. Here we report the case of a patient who presented with a tubo-ovarian abscess following a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure in the setting of an ovarian dermoid cyst.

Ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT) is a rare type of venous thromboembolism most common diagnosed in the postpartum period and peaking around 2-6 days after delivery. Clinical symptoms are not specific including fever abdominal pain right ovarian more frequently involved (70-80% cases). The diagnosis OVT clinical challenge because there multiple other conditions that can present similarly, torsion, ...

Described here is an unusual complication of a common condition; diverticulitis resulting in a tubo-ovarian abscess. The etiology of this abscess was clinically unapparent due to atypical presenting symptoms and signs. Furthermore, radiological diagnosis was misleading because of an inflammatory reaction of the colon which prevented visualization of diverticula. Failure to correctly identify th...

OBJECTIVE Pelvic abscess during pregnancy is an uncommon complication, but can lead to adverse perinatal outcomes during pregnancy. CASE REPORT We present a patient who developed rupture of a tubo-ovarian abscess during pregnancy following in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Thirty-eight reported cases are reviewed, and transvaginal oocyte retrieval, genital tract infections, endometr...

BACKGROUND Artificial insemination is a commonly performed procedure for the treatment of various forms of infertility. Infectious complications have only rarely been noted as a complication of intrauterine insemination (IUI). CASE In this presentation, we report the first case of an ovarian abscess following IUI with the husband's semen. Despite treatment with triple antibiotics, an oophorec...

A 42-year-old woman with recurrent bilateral endometrial ovarian cystoma presented with fever and pelvic pain caused by a tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA), which was resistant to several varieties of intravenous and oral antibiotics for 2 weeks (Case 1). Computed tomography (CT)-guided diagnostic aspiration for a rapid enlarged right ovarian cystoma through a transabdominal route confirmed that it ha...

BACKGROUND The association between tubo-ovarian abscess formation and the presence of an intrauterine device (IUD) is well recognized. It has been suggested that the risk of upper-genital-tract infection is highest during the immediate period following the insertion of an IUD, returning to baseline by 5 months postinsertion. We present 3 cases of women who, 10-21 years after insertion of their ...