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. 2021 Nov 5;114(8):587-588.
doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcab048.

Pelvic actinomycosis

R Floyd  1   2 , S Hunter  2 , F Abu Saadeh  2 , C McDonnell  3 , P McCormick  1
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Pelvic actinomycosis

R Floyd et al. QJM. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Axial CT of the pelvis. A heterogenous mass is noted at the left side of the pelvis, with internal foci of calcification. Given the appearance of involvement of the sigmoid colon, this was initially felt to represent an inflammatory mass secondary to perforated sigmoid diverticulitis. (M—mass) (S—sigmoid colon). (B) Follow-up CT performed a month later demonstrates how the ill-defined mass (M) is directly involved with the fundus of the uterus (U). A loop of inflamed sigmoid colon (S) is visualized anterosuperior to the mass.
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