FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUBERCULOSIS PRESENTING AS OVARIAN CANCER –A CASE REPORT
*Dr. Aruna Bhattacharya, Dr. Jaydip Deb, Dr. Rama Saha and Dr. Sumanta Banerjee
ABSTRACT
Tubercular involvement of the genitourinary (GU) or gastrointestinal (GI) tract, peritoneum, lymph nodes or viscera, constitutes up to 12% of extra pulmonary TB[1] and its nonspecific signs and symptoms may be similar to GI or ovarian cancers. This case report illustrates a case of ovarian tuberculosis with peritoneal involvement, whose initial provisional diagnoses was malignant processes of the GU tract.
Keywords: .Tract, peritoneum, lymph nodes or viscera, constitutes up to 12% of extra pulmonary TB.
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