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"Silent" post-menopausal genital tuberculosis with lethal outcome
Ektoras Gazos1, Orestis Tsonis2, Fani Gkrozou3
1Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital of Karditsa, Thessaly, Greece.
Abstract:
Female genital Tuberculosis (TB) is a rare disease, that usually affects female patients of reproductive age living in developing countries. The diagnosis of the disease is quite difficult since there is no consensus on the appropriate screening and management needed. Female genital TB can mimic many other pathologies including advanced ovarian cancer. Laboratory findings or blood serum tests usually are not suggestive of the disease. Imaging findings can be misleading. The incidence of the disease in Greece is rare. We present a rare case report of a post-menopausal patient with female genital TB, mimicking malignancy and resulting to a lethal outcome. Laboratory and imaging findings were non-specific for the disease, leading to a false diagnosis of disseminated peritoneal carcinomatosis.
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