Eggerthella lenta is an emerging pathogen that has a tendency to cause IUCD related
pelvic abscesses requiring surgical drainage.
Actinomycotic
pelvic abscess secondary to an IUD with involvement of the bladder, sigmoid colon, left ureter, liver, and upper abdominal wall," RadioGraphics, vol.
Following surgery, the patient reported pain and fever;
pelvic abscesses were found.
A patient had a stomal prolapse in the third year of followup, and same patient developed a complicated perineal sinus posterior to a
pelvic abscess associated with low Hartmann's procedure.
Stones where not found in the
pelvic abscess, but all circumstances point to an etiology, were bile concrements containing E.
The illness was first detected during an initial surgery for a
pelvic abscess in June 2011.
Physical examination revealed a right
pelvic abscess and lower flank pain consistent with appendicitis.
Chavez is recovering after he underwent surgery in Havana to remove a
pelvic abscess.
He has said he underwent an initial surgery on June 11 to have a
pelvic abscess removed.
His officials had been insisting in recent days that the president was recovering well from an operation to remove a
pelvic abscess and would return soon.
Chavez said he had two operations in Cuba, including one that removed a tumor in which there were "cancerous cells." The 56-year-old president said the surgery was performed after an initial operation nearly three weeks ago to remove a
pelvic abscess.
Chavez said he was initially operated on for a
pelvic abscess on June 11, but that follow-up tests indicated there were other growths that turned out to be cancerous.