Pelvic tuberculosis mimicking ovarian malignancy: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Tuberculosis is quite prevalent in developing countries, including India. In the female genital tract, the fallopian tube is the most common site involved by the disease.


METHODS
A woman presented with infertility, menstrual irregularities, an abdominal mass, abdominal pain and weight loss. She was previously operated on for left ovarian germ cell tumor. The clinical, radiologic and histopathologic examination helped to reach the correct diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
In a woman with a history of infertility, menstrual irregularities, an abdominal mass and weight loss, differentiation between malignancy and tuberculosis becomes difficult. These two possibilities should always be part of the differential diagnosis.
Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India. drvibha_99@yahoo.co.in
Vibha
V
Kawatra
Kavita
K
Kohli
Nita
N
Khurana
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000382:microbiology; D009852:Omentum / Q000382:microbiology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010053:Ovary / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult