IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 35 / Issue 2 / pii/1630638491969-1270218092

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Case Report
Tuberculosis of the cervix and infertility: report of a rare case
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1 Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics CHU Treichville, Abidjan
2 Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medical Centre, Saint Louis Orione d’Anyama, Anyama
3 Department of Anatomo-Pathology, CHU Treichville, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
4 Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of L’Aquila (Italy)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2008, 35(2), 149–150;
Published: 10 June 2008
Abstract

Tubercolosis is a frequent bacterial infection in less developed countries. Lung and lymph node localisations are common, while the genital apparatus is less involved. In this work a rare case of cervical tuberculosis followed by some lesions causing infertility in a 20-year-old woman is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed by a histological examination from a biopsy of the cervix. The patient was offered six-month antituberculosis therapy which eliminated the cervical lesions. A few years later she came under our care for infertility due to uterine adhesions diagnosed by hysterosalpingography. Now the patient is being treated for infertility complicated by amenorrhoea.
Keywords
Tuberculosis
Cervix
Infertility
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