Evaluation of the effect of previous endometriosis surgery on clinical and surgical outcomes of subsequent endometriosis surgery.

Purpose: Patients often undergo repeat surgery for endometriosis, due to recurrent or residual disease. Previous surgery is often considered a risk factor for worse surgical outcome. However, data are scarce concerning the influence of subsequent endometriosis surgery.

[Radiological abnormalities and long-term IUD use: think of actinomycosis].

Background: A rare cause of nonspecific, chronic abdominal pain is actinomycosis. Extensive disease can cause chronic peritonitis mimicking malignancy.

Case Description: A 59-year-old women presented with aspecific chronic abdominal pain, after 23 years of IUD use.