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Case Reports
. 2023 Jul 13:2023:9912910.
doi: 10.1155/2023/9912910. eCollection 2023.

Recurrent Peri-Clitoral Abscess with Positive Actinomyces turicensis Culture

Diana Palacios  1 , Cristina Wallace Huff  2
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Recurrent Peri-Clitoral Abscess with Positive Actinomyces turicensis Culture

Diana Palacios et al. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. .

Abstract

A peri-clitoral abscess is a condition that is seldom encountered in practice and is found scarcely in the literature. The cause of spontaneous peri-clitoral abscess not associated with female circumcision/genital mutilation is generally unknown. Additionally, there have been no case reports of positive Actinomyces culture at the time of drainage of a peri-clitoral abscess. This case outlines a 42-year-old female with a spontaneous peri-clitoral abscess. The abscess was initially treated with incision and drainage (I&D) and antibiotics, but it later reoccurred necessitating a second I&D with bedside marsupialization and antibiotics targeted at Actinomyces, which grew on the culture after primary I&D.

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The author(s) declare(s) that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Before marsupialization.
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Figure 2
Immediately after marsupialization.
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Two weeks after marsupialization.
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