[Pseudotumoral tuberculosis of the cervix]

Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2003 May;31(5):446-8. doi: 10.1016/s1297-9589(03)00116-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Cervical tuberculosis is a rare pathology, which can clinically look like a cervix cancer. The biopsy re-establishes the right diagnosis. The treatment is medical. The prognosis is primarily the infertility due to frequent associated general genital tuberculosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infertility, Female / microbiology*
  • Prognosis
  • Tuberculosis, Female Genital / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Female Genital / pathology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology