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Abdominal actinomycosis associated with a sigmoid colon perforation in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt
Eun-Young Jung1, Su-Nyoung Choi, Dong-Jun Park
1Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, College of Medicine, 90 Chilam-dong, Jinju, Kyeongnam 660-702, Korea.
Abstract:
Abdominal actinomycosis causing hydronephrosis in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt is very rare. A 27- year-old female patient was admitted complaining of lower abdominal pain. She had undergone ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery 10 years ago. Abdominal Ultrasonography and a CT scan demonstrated an inflammatory mass in the lower left quadrant of the abdomen causing obstructive hydroureter and hydronephrosis. Laparotomy revealed a diffusely infiltrating mass involving the small bowel, mesentery, and sigmoid colon, and a 1cm perforation in the sigmoid colon. Actinomycosis was diagnosed upon histological examination. After treatment with antibiotics and surgery, the patient's condition improved.
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