title: Peripartum genital tuberculosis presenting with ascites.
abstract: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis may affect multiple sites within the body. The symptoms vary widely and diagnosis requires a high clinical suspicion. In rare cases, tuberculosis may be manifest in the genitalia, initially presenting as infertility. Here we report a clinical case of a 23-year-old female with peripartum genital tuberculosis who presented at 2 weeks after delivery with fever and increasing abdominal girth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erciyes University, Medical School, Kayseri, Turkey, serkandogan77@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celikbilek
authors.forename: Ulaş Serkan
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Topaloglu
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Canoz
authors.forename: Insu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yurci
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozbakir
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058725:Peripartum Period; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult