Genital tuberculosis mimicking ovarian malignancy: A series of two cases

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  • Rekha Sachan
  • ML Patel
  • Malti Maurya
  • Pushpalata Sachan
چکیده

Introduction: Genital tuberculosis is a common occurrence in developing countries such as India where pulmonary tuberculosis is widespread. case series: We hereby discuss two interesting case reports. First case was a 34-year-old female who presented with bilateral ovarian mass with high level of serum cA-125. second case was a 25-year-old female who presented with complaint of infertility, huge lump and pain in lower abdomen in a reproductive age, both mimic like ovarian malignancy but ultimately diagnosed as case of genital tuberculosis. conclusion: Genital tuberculosis should be ruled out before performing any extended surgery. both hydrosalpinx and ovarian malignancy present as bilateral adnexal masses, transabdominal ultrasonography was also non discriminative, serum cA-125 level was also elevated in both the conditions.

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تاریخ انتشار 2014