Tuberculous endometritis presenting as postmenopausal bleeding. A case report.
Genital tuberculosis presented as postmenopausal bleeding in a woman with third-degree procidentia. After two months of combination antimycobacterial treatment, she underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by nine months of postoperative drug therapy.
Department of Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
D B
DB
Toub
B A
BA
Goff
H G
HG
Muntz
D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004716:Endometritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008593:Menopause; D010052:Ovariectomy; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents