title: Pelvic tuberculosis presenting as an asymptomatic pelvic mass with rising serum CA-125 levels. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The incidence of tuberculosis is rapidly rising. This disease may present in an atypical manner, and physicians must reacquaint themselves with its protean manifestations.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 41-year-old woman presented with an asymptomatic pelvic mass and rising levels of serum CA-125. At operation she had bilateral adnexal masses and generalized military peritoneal lesions, initially mistaken for ovarian carcinoma. The final diagnosis demonstrated tuberculosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tuberculosis must enter into the diagnosis of a pelvic mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10003, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roseff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen