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[Long-lasting disease after serious genital actinomycosis in a former IUD user]
Pernille Ravn1, Jette E Staer-Jensen, Annemarie Antonsen
1H:S Hvidovre Hospital, infektionsmedicinsk afdeling, gynaekologisk afdeling og patologisk afdeling. pravn@dadlnet.dk
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|October 17, 2002
Abstract:
A previous IUD user underwent surgery on suspicion of ovarian cancer. No malignancy was found and genital actinomycosis was diagnosed on the histology and a history of previously verified, but inadequately treated, actinomycosis of the internal genitals. Actinomycosis is a rare disease with a potentially high morbidity. Diagnosis is difficult, as symptoms are non-specific and culture is often negative.