Ovarian Actinomycosis: A Great Masquerader Mimicking Papillary Serous Tumor of Ovary

Jamunarani Srirangaramasamy; Luck Chinnadurai Peermohamed; Sangeetha Belukurichi Sadasivam

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10006-2326

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Ovarian Actinomycosis: A Great Masquerader Mimicking Papillary Serous Tumor of Ovary

Jamunarani Srirangaramasamy, Luck Chinnadurai Peermohamed, Sangeetha Belukurichi Sadasivam

Keywords : Case report, Elevated Ca-125 levels, Ovarian actinomycosis, Papillary serous tumor, Psammoma bodies

Citation Information : Srirangaramasamy J, Peermohamed LC, Sadasivam SB. Ovarian Actinomycosis: A Great Masquerader Mimicking Papillary Serous Tumor of Ovary. J South Asian Feder Obs Gynae 2023; 15 (6):744-745.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10006-2326

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 04-12-2023

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Abstract

Ovarian actinomycosis is a clinical mimicker of malignancy, especially papillary serous tumor, and hence ovarian actinomycosis should be in the differential diagnosis of papillary serous tumors of ovary.

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