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She had anorexia and weight loss (8\u00a0kg) during the previous 2\u00a0months and had a history of intrauterine device use for 12\u00a0years. Clinical, radiologic, and endoscopic examinations revealed a rectal mass and right hydronephrosis. Rectal biopsy showed nonspecific colitis. Laparotomy showed a mass that was invading and obstructing the pelvic orifice. Surgery included total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, appendectomy, low anterior resection, and Hartmann colostomy. Histopathologic evaluation of surgical specimens showed actinomycosis originating from the tubo-ovarian structures and invading the rectal wall. The patient was placed on penicillin for 6\u00a0months, and then had closure of the colostomy with no complication.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.9738\/cc121.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,10,31]],"date-time":"2012-10-31T12:53:46Z","timestamp":1351688026000},"page":"254-259","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Abdominopelvic Actinomycosis Associated With an Intrauterine Device and Presenting With a Rectal Mass and Hydronephrosis: A Troublesome Condition for the Clinician"],"prefix":"10.9738","volume":"97","author":[{"given":"Mehmet","family":"Yilmaz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Division of Liver Transplantation Inonu, University Faculty of Medicine, 44280, Malatya, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sami","family":"Akbulut","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Division of Liver Transplantation Inonu, University Faculty of Medicine, 44280, Malatya, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emine Turkmen","family":"Samdanci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, 44280, Malatya, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sezai","family":"Yilmaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Division of Liver Transplantation Inonu, University Faculty of Medicine, 44280, Malatya, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"4721","reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"i0020-8868-97-3-254-Tamer1","series-title":"Acta Chir Belg","first-page":"351","article-title":"Abdominal actinomycosis: a report of two cases.","volume":"106","author":"Tamer\n              A","year":"2006","unstructured":"Tamer\n              A\n            , GunduzY, KarabayO, and MertA. 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