Ureterocele misdiagnosed as pelvic inflammatory disease in an adolescent.
BACKGROUND
Acute pelvic pain in reproductive-aged women presents a diagnostic challenge. In the case that follows, we report the management of a patient initially misdiagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease.


METHODS
A 14-year-old nulligravida who presented with acute pelvic pain was diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease and possible tuboovarian abscess. Despite treatment with broad-spectrum parenteral antibiotics, the patient remained febrile with persistent pelvic pain. Com-puted tomography revealed a duplicated right collecting system with the upper pole of the kidney drained by a markedly dilated, tortuous ureter. An infected ureterocele was identified and incised during cystoscopy.


CONCLUSIONS
An infected ureterocele was misdiagnosed as pelvic inflammatory disease. In patients with acute pelvic pain who do not respond to appropriate interventions, it is important to consider alternative diagnoses.
Shavell
Valerie I
VI
From the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Urology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Abdallah
Mazen E
ME
Triest
Jeffrey A
JA
Diamond
Michael P
MP
D000293:Adolescent; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014518:Ureterocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology