Tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) is usually recognized as a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease and highly associated with sexual activities in reproductive age group. However, even rare, TOA can be presented in a woman with genitourinary malignancy, diabetes mellitus, and usage of intrauterine device (IUD) in postmenopausal age group. Air in ovarian vein is a rare CT finding of TOA. We prese...

Although adjacent organ fistulas such as the rectovaginal and vesico-vaginal fistula could be seen after hysterectomy, enterocutaneous fistulas are rarely encountered. In literature, enterocutaneous fistulas those are seen after hysterectomy are reported in association to underlying diseases such as tubo-ovarian abscess, coloovarian cyst fistula, diverticular disease and malignancy. In this rep...

The usual treatment of bacterial abscesses, except lung or tubo-ovarian abscesses, includes therapeutic drainage. Increasing evidence suggests that some abscesses respond to antimicrobial therapy without drainage. To study this issue, a MEDLINE search of the literature (1966-1994) was performed for cases of bacterial abscess in which treatment without definitive drainage was attempted. Four hun...

BACKGROUND Tubo-ovarian abscess involvement of an endometrioma has been reported in cases of patients with polymicrobial sources such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and obligate anaerobic bacteria; however, bacterial vaginosis (BV) predisposing to abscess formation in an endometrioma has not been reported to date. CASE Superinfection of an endometrioma was surgically diagnos...

Eight patients with cystic fibrosis had chronic abdominal pain and the other features of distal intestinal obstruction syndrome. Coexistent abdominal pathology was shown in six patients. Two had a small bowel volvulus, and the others had Crohn's disease, a small bowel fistula, appendix abscess, and an ovarian dermoid. Opiate abuse exacerbated symptoms in two other patients.

Three cases of colon cancer accompanied by unusual abscess formation are reported. Case I : A 77-year-old man was diagnosed with a paracolic abscess formation behind the cecum and a swollen appendix by computed tomography (CT) scan. Case II : An 85-year-old woman was diagnosed with an abscess formation of the right iliopsoas muscle, a swollen appendix, and a thickened right colon wall by CT sca...

©FFPRHC J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2007: 33(3) Case report A 53-year-old woman presented with a 4-week history of constant pain and a lump in the right groin. She also gave a history of low-grade fever, loss of weight and general malaise. There was no history of vaginal discharge or urinary symptoms. She was a housewife and had been in the same relationship for 19 years. The only relevant p...

We report the case of a young woman who was admitted because of small bowel obstruction and localized peritonitis following a dilatation and curettage ('D' and 'C') of uterus in abortion. As infection, like tubo-ovarian abscess may complicate any abortion, it seems wise to ensure that it does not exist prior to performing a 'D' and 'C'.

A female patient presented with episodes of fever and pain in the lower right abdomen after hysteroscopic removal of an intrauterine device 2 months earlier. Pelvic actinomycosis originating from a tubo-ovarian abscess was diagnosed with Propionibacterium propionicum, formerly known as Arachnia propionica, as causative agent.

We describe the first case of bacteremia due to Actinomyces urogenitalis. Bacteremia was secondary to a tubo-ovarian abscess following transvaginal oocyte retrieval. Identification was established by matrix-assisted desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. A. urogenitalis should be considered as a potential causative agent ...