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Tuberculosis of uterine cervix: a report of two cases with variable clinical presentation
Sunita Singh1, Veena Gupta, Shilpi Modi
1Department of Pathology, Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, India. sunita62@gmail.com
Abstract:
Tuberculosis (TB) of the cervix is a rare disease. We describe two cases of tuberculous cervicitis with variable clinical presentation. In one case, a young woman presented with primary infertility and secondary amenorrhoea. The other is a perimenopausal woman with irregular vaginal bleeding and postcoital blood-stained discharge. The diagnosis was confirmed on histopathological examination of the endocervical curettings and a cervical biopsy. The patients were given six months of anti-tuberculous therapy and responded well.
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