OBJECTIVE: The presentation of two unusual cases of pelvic actinomycosis. SUBJECT: Case reports. SETTINGS: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Kladno. SUBJECT AND METHOD: The observation of two cases of pelvic actinomycosis. These cases were complicated by the abdominal wall fistula in one case and vaginal fistula in the other. CONCLUSION: Actinomycosis is a chronic disease with tendency to progress per continuitatem into neighbouring tissues and with tendency to formation of fistulas. Two less common localisations of progress of the disease are described; it means the abdominal wall and vagina. In spite of a more advanced stadium, if adequately treated, a recovery ad integrum is common.
OBJECTIVE: The presentation of two unusual cases of pelvic actinomycosis. SUBJECT: Case reports. SETTINGS: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Kladno. SUBJECT AND METHOD: The observation of two cases of pelvic actinomycosis. These cases were complicated by the abdominal wall fistula in one case and vaginal fistula in the other. CONCLUSION:Actinomycosis is a chronic disease with tendency to progress per continuitatem into neighbouring tissues and with tendency to formation of fistulas. Two less common localisations of progress of the disease are described; it means the abdominal wall and vagina. In spite of a more advanced stadium, if adequately treated, a recovery ad integrum is common.