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  • Title: Clinically inapparent tuboovarian actinomycosis in a woman with an IUD. A case report.
    Author: Dehal SA, Kaplan MA, Brown R, Robinson TM, Chatwani A.
    Journal: J Reprod Med; 1998 Jul; 43(7):595-7. PubMed ID: 9693412.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The consequences and management of asymptomatic Actinomyces-like organisms detected on cervical cytologic smears continue to be controversial. CASE: A unilateral tuboovarian actinomycotic abscess was discovered in a woman who had undergone a hysterectomy for uterine leiomyomas. She had had an intrauterine device in place for many years without any symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease. CONCLUSION: Ascending infection of the upper genital tract by Actinomyces may be clinically inapparent. When Actinomyces-like organisms aer detected on cervical cytologic smears, removal of an intrauterine device should be considered.
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