title: Tuberculosis of the cervix and infertility: report of a rare case.
abstract: Tubercolosis is a frequent bacterial infection in less developed countries. Lung and lymph node localisations are common, while the genital apparatus is less involved. In this work a rare case of cervical tuberculosis followed by some lesions causing infertility in a 20-year-old woman is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed by a histological examination from a biopsy of the cervix. The patient was offered six-month antituberculosis therapy which eliminated the cervical lesions. A few years later she came under our care for infertility due to uterine adhesions diagnosed by hysterosalpingography. Now the patient is being treated for infertility complicated by amenorrhoea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology and Obstetric, CHU Treichville, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guié
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iovenitti
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: N'guessan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tegnan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koffi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anongba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents