title: [Tubo-ovarian actinomycosis ruptured in the sigmoid colon].
abstract: Actinomyces is an anaerobic, gram-positive bacteria saprophyte of the oral cavity, lungs, genital and gastro-intestinal tracts. Tubo-ovarian infection is rare. The authors report a case of tubo-ovarian abscess, due to actinomyces ruptured in the sigmoid and diagnosed in a 30-year-old woman using an intra-uterine device for more than 5 years. After salpingo-oophorectomy and partial sigmoid resection, pathology confirmed the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, hôpital Mohamed-Tahar-Maâmouri de Nabeul, route de Merazka, 8000 Nabeul, Tunisie. selmaab@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abdelmoula-Marzouki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ben Brahim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Othmen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouden
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falfoul
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatti-Dey
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid; D005187:Fallopian Tubes; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000009:adverse effects; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous