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Tubo‐ovarian abscess with endometrial cyst probably infected by Campylobacter fetus : Two cases
Author(s) -
Kitamura Sachiko,
Matsumura Noriomi,
Ohtake Noriko,
Kita Masato,
Konishi Ikuo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/jog.13004
Subject(s) - medicine , cyst , fetus , ovarian cyst , campylobacter fetus , abscess , ovary , genitourinary system , gynecology , salpingectomy , surgery , pregnancy , ectopic pregnancy , biology , genetics
Campylobacter fetus often causes systemic infection in immunocompromised or older patients, and prenatal infection, but Campylobacter has rarely been reported as a cause of adnexitis in healthy young women. Here we report two cases of endometriotic cysts infected by C. fetus for the first time. In case 1, a 28‐year‐old woman with a left adnexal cyst was hospitalized for left tubo‐ovarian abscess and underwent left salpingo‐oophorectomy. In case 2, a 22‐year‐old woman with a right adnexal cyst was hospitalized for a bilateral tubo‐ovarian abscess and underwent right salpingo‐oophorectomy and left salpingectomy. In both cases, C. fetus was detected on culture, and histopathology indicated a purulent endometriotic cyst. The present findings suggest that endometriotic cyst can be a focus of C. fetus infection.