Persistent Ureteric Dilatation due to Pelvic Actinomycosis Presenting as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Actinomyces is a Gram-positive, filamentous bacterium that normally colonizes mucosal areas. Pelvic actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Actinomyces israelii that frequently mimics ovarian tumors during presentation. It is diagnosed after surgery in most of the cases. Intraveno...
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| author | Richard Khafagy Omar Jundi Karol Rogawski Siva Namasiviyam |
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| description | Actinomyces is a Gram-positive, filamentous bacterium that normally colonizes mucosal areas. Pelvic actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Actinomyces israelii that frequently mimics ovarian tumors during presentation. It is diagnosed after surgery in most of the cases. Intravenous penicillin is the most preferred therapeutic agent, and it requires hospitalization up to one month. Pelvic actinomycosis is a rare cause of ureteric obstruction and renal failure. The final diagnosis is usually difficult and often apparent only after histological examination of an operative specimen. The present case led us to consider the etiology and clinical findings and to review the management of reported cases involving ureteric obstruction. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eb58a818bfa34720964b99625ab21b2e2025-02-03T06:11:35ZengWileyCase Reports in Nephrology2090-66412090-665X2011-01-01201110.1155/2011/186708186708Persistent Ureteric Dilatation due to Pelvic Actinomycosis Presenting as Pelvic Inflammatory DiseaseRichard Khafagy0Omar Jundi1Karol Rogawski2Siva Namasiviyam3Department of Urology, Calderdale Royal Hospital, West Yorkshire, Halifax HX3 0PW, UKDepartment of Urology, Calderdale Royal Hospital, West Yorkshire, Halifax HX3 0PW, UKDepartment of Urology, Calderdale Royal Hospital, West Yorkshire, Halifax HX3 0PW, UKDepartment of Urology, Calderdale Royal Hospital, West Yorkshire, Halifax HX3 0PW, UKActinomyces is a Gram-positive, filamentous bacterium that normally colonizes mucosal areas. Pelvic actinomycosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Actinomyces israelii that frequently mimics ovarian tumors during presentation. It is diagnosed after surgery in most of the cases. Intravenous penicillin is the most preferred therapeutic agent, and it requires hospitalization up to one month. Pelvic actinomycosis is a rare cause of ureteric obstruction and renal failure. The final diagnosis is usually difficult and often apparent only after histological examination of an operative specimen. The present case led us to consider the etiology and clinical findings and to review the management of reported cases involving ureteric obstruction.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/186708 |
| spellingShingle | Richard Khafagy Omar Jundi Karol Rogawski Siva Namasiviyam Persistent Ureteric Dilatation due to Pelvic Actinomycosis Presenting as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Case Reports in Nephrology |
| title | Persistent Ureteric Dilatation due to Pelvic Actinomycosis Presenting as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
| title_full | Persistent Ureteric Dilatation due to Pelvic Actinomycosis Presenting as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
| title_fullStr | Persistent Ureteric Dilatation due to Pelvic Actinomycosis Presenting as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Persistent Ureteric Dilatation due to Pelvic Actinomycosis Presenting as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
| title_short | Persistent Ureteric Dilatation due to Pelvic Actinomycosis Presenting as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
| title_sort | persistent ureteric dilatation due to pelvic actinomycosis presenting as pelvic inflammatory disease |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/186708 |
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