title: Image of the month. A tubo-ovarian abscess that perforates the sigmoid colon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Ravi K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: Nirav
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: D Roy
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000473:pathology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008853:Microscopy; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult