title: Intrauterine device-associated actinomycosis of the ovary and urinary bladder: a case report.
abstract: Actinomycosis of the urinary bladder is rare, mostly subsequent to abdomino-pelvic infection, and usually affects women with long-term use of an intrauterine device. We describe a case of vesical actinomycosis mimicking a papillary bladder tumour in a 56-year-old woman with primary manifestation of the disease in the genital tract, subjected to two transurethral resections after relapse of a polypoid mass in the bladder. Urological procedures are necessary to differentiate actinomycosis from bladder cancer and the diagnosis is often made histologically.
authors: Clinica Urologica II, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Bottai
authors: Vincenzo
authors: V
authors: Li Marzi
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Alessandrini
authors: Donata
authors: D
authors: Villari
authors: Gabriella
authors: G
authors: Nesi
authors: Giulio
authors: G
authors: Nicita
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003558:Cystoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents