Tubo-ovarian Abscess Masquerading as Dual Tumours

Published in the OSP Journal of Case Reports:

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

Abstract:

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.