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A case of pelvic actinomycosis affecting genital, urinary and digestive tracts: a rare misleading diagnosis

Pelvic actinomycosis is an uncommon chronic invasive disease caused by a bacteria of the Actinomyces spp. Its diagnosis constitutes a clinical challenge and is usually reached in the postoperative period after resecting a pelvic mass that usually mimics advanced ovarian cancer. Although pelvic actin...

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Autores principales: Najib, Bernard, Arab, Wissam, Khazen, Joseph, Abdelkhalek, Yara, Abdallah, Wael, Khaddage, Abir, Atallah, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Future Science Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34295540
http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2021-0032
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author Najib, Bernard
Arab, Wissam
Khazen, Joseph
Abdelkhalek, Yara
Abdallah, Wael
Khaddage, Abir
Atallah, David
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Arab, Wissam
Khazen, Joseph
Abdelkhalek, Yara
Abdallah, Wael
Khaddage, Abir
Atallah, David
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description Pelvic actinomycosis is an uncommon chronic invasive disease caused by a bacteria of the Actinomyces spp. Its diagnosis constitutes a clinical challenge and is usually reached in the postoperative period after resecting a pelvic mass that usually mimics advanced ovarian cancer. Although pelvic actinomyocosis involving the digestive and genital tract has been commonly described, very few reports have described cases involving both ovaries and requiring partial cystectomy for bladder involvement. Herein, we illustrate a case of pelvic actinomycosis with extensive involvement of multiple pelvic organs, misleading the surgeon into undergoing a complete clearance of the wrongfully thought adnexal malignancy.
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spelling pubmed-82882452021-07-21 A case of pelvic actinomycosis affecting genital, urinary and digestive tracts: a rare misleading diagnosis Najib, Bernard Arab, Wissam Khazen, Joseph Abdelkhalek, Yara Abdallah, Wael Khaddage, Abir Atallah, David Future Sci OA Case Report Pelvic actinomycosis is an uncommon chronic invasive disease caused by a bacteria of the Actinomyces spp. Its diagnosis constitutes a clinical challenge and is usually reached in the postoperative period after resecting a pelvic mass that usually mimics advanced ovarian cancer. Although pelvic actinomyocosis involving the digestive and genital tract has been commonly described, very few reports have described cases involving both ovaries and requiring partial cystectomy for bladder involvement. Herein, we illustrate a case of pelvic actinomycosis with extensive involvement of multiple pelvic organs, misleading the surgeon into undergoing a complete clearance of the wrongfully thought adnexal malignancy. Future Science Ltd 2021-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8288245/ /pubmed/34295540 http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2021-0032 Text en © 2021 David Atallah https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Najib, Bernard
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Khazen, Joseph
Abdelkhalek, Yara
Abdallah, Wael
Khaddage, Abir
Atallah, David
A case of pelvic actinomycosis affecting genital, urinary and digestive tracts: a rare misleading diagnosis
title A case of pelvic actinomycosis affecting genital, urinary and digestive tracts: a rare misleading diagnosis
title_full A case of pelvic actinomycosis affecting genital, urinary and digestive tracts: a rare misleading diagnosis
title_fullStr A case of pelvic actinomycosis affecting genital, urinary and digestive tracts: a rare misleading diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed A case of pelvic actinomycosis affecting genital, urinary and digestive tracts: a rare misleading diagnosis
title_short A case of pelvic actinomycosis affecting genital, urinary and digestive tracts: a rare misleading diagnosis
title_sort case of pelvic actinomycosis affecting genital, urinary and digestive tracts: a rare misleading diagnosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34295540
http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2021-0032
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