title: Pelvic actinomycosis associated with intrauterine devices.
abstract: The authors describe two women with pelvic pain, long-term use of an intrauterine device, and a pelvic mass due to Actinomyces israelii. The diagnostic imaging findings were nonspecific but included mass effect and mucosal irregularity of the rectosigmoid colon at barium enema examination and complex masses and inflammatory changes at computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Radiologists should be aware of the imaging findings of this potentially lethal but curable condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-0720.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Bagg
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Croley
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Schabel
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed