title: Cervical tuberculosis detection in Papanicolaou-stained smear: case report with review of literature.
abstract: Genital tract tuberculosis is usually secondary to an extragenital tubercular focus. Cervical tuberculosis, however, is rare accounting for up to 3% of all genital tract diseases. The diagnosis of tuberculosis is usually established on multiple cervical biopsies followed by bacteriological confirmation. There are only a handful of reports on the diagnosis of tubercular cervicitis in cervical smears. We hereby report a case of cervical tuberculosis which was diagnosed on cervical smear. We also carried out a brief literature review of the cases diagnosed previously on cervical smear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytology and Gynecological Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014626:Vaginal Smears