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Tubo-ovarian Abscess Masquerading as Dual Tumours

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posted on 2020-06-04, 01:46 authored by Andy LimAndy Lim, Pourya PouryahyaPourya Pouryahya, Alvin Lim
<div>Published in the OSP Journal of Case Reports:</div><div>Lim A, Pouryahya P, Lim A. (2020) Tubo-ovarian Abscess Masquerading as Dual Tumours. OSP J Case Rep 2: JCR-2-111. doi: 10.26180/5ed852773f47e<br></div><div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><br></div><div>Abstract:</div><div>We describe a case of a patient presenting to the emergency department with non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms, diagnosed on computed tomography as a large bowel obstruction secondary to a stenosing sigmoid malignancy and a complex cystic ovarian mass, also concerning for malignancy, in the presence of an elevated Cancer Antigen 125 (CA-125). The patient proceeded to theatre for a colonoscopy, laparotomy, salpingo-oopherectomy, and appendicectomy, and was found to have a tubo-ovarian abscess.</div>

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