Ureteral and sigmoid obstruction caused by pelvic actinomycosis in an intrauterine contraceptive device user

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 228-231

  Nasu, Kaei ^a   Matsumoto, Harunobu ^a   Yoshimatsu, Jun ^a   Miyakawa, Isao ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Intrauterine contraceptive device; Pelvic actinomycosis; Tubo ovarian abscess; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON STENOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETER OBSTRUCTION; UTERUS;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; COLON, SIGMOID; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0036968665     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068379     Document Type: Article

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