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.

Intrauterine device-associated actinomycosis of the ovary and urinary bladder: a case report / Bottai A;Li Marzi V;Alessandrini M;Villari D;Nesi G;Nicita G. - In: UROLOGIA INTERNATIONALIS. - ISSN 0042-1138. - ELETTRONICO. - 85:(2010), pp. 242-244. [10.1159/000316069]

Intrauterine device-associated actinomycosis of the ovary and urinary bladder: a case report.

BOTTAI, ANDREA;LI MARZI, VINCENZO;VILLARI, DONATA;NESI, GABRIELLA;NICITA, GIULIO
2010

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.
2010
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242
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Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people
Bottai A;Li Marzi V;Alessandrini M;Villari D;Nesi G;Nicita G
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