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- Title
Intrauterine Device-Associated Actinomycosis of the Ovary and Urinary Bladder: A Case Report.
- Authors
Bottai, Andrea; Li Marzi, Vincenzo; Alessandrini, Marco; Villari, Donata; Nesi, Gabriella; Nicita, Giulio
- Abstract
Actinomycosis of the urinary bladder is rare, mostly subsequent to abdomino-pelvic infection, and usually affects women with long-term use of an intrauterine device. We describe a case of vesical actinomycosis mimicking a papillary bladder tumour in a 56-year-old woman with primary manifestation of the disease in the genital tract, subjected to two transurethral resections after relapse of a polypoid mass in the bladder. Urological procedures are necessary to differentiate actinomycosis from bladder cancer and the diagnosis is often made histologically. Copyright © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
ACTINOMYCOSIS; BLADDER diseases; INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE contraceptives; BLADDER tumors
- Publication
Urologia Internationalis, 2010, Vol 85, Issue 2, p242
- ISSN
0042-1138
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000316069