Tubo-ovarian abscess in woman with an intrauterine device forgotten for 22 years

Doerte W. Luedders, Nektarios Chalvatzas, Constanze Banz, Amadeus Horneman, Klaus Diedrich, Andreas Kavallaris*

*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

We report on a case of pelvic inflammatory disease in a 53 year old woman using an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) for a time period of 22 years. Clinical symptoms were fever up to 38°C and severe abdominal pain. Endoscopic findings were a tubo-ovarian abscess of the complete pelvis and a forgotten IUD with a smear positive for Escherichia coli and Candida albicans. The patient was treated with a surgical therapy and by antibiotic combination. Diagnosis was performed by histopathological examination.

Original languageEnglish
JournalGynecological Surgery
Volume7
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)181-184
Number of pages4
ISSN1613-2076
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.05.2010

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