title: Mammary, testicular and adnexal tuberculosis diagnosed by histology in a rural hospital in Southern Ethiopia.
abstract: This study describes the experience of mammary, testicle and adnexal tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed by histological characteristics in a rural district hospital in Southern Ethiopia over a period of 7years. During the same period, a total of 5589 TB cases were diagnosed. Fourteen cases of breast TB with a prevalence of 0.25% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.14-0.43), 8 cases of testicular TB (prevalence 0.14, [95% CI: 0.06-0.29]) and two ovarian TB (prevalence: 0.035 [95% CI: 0.001-0.15]). The breast, testes and adnexal TB may mimic other conditions. Proper diagnosis is encouraged because the disease is curable with anti-TB drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine and Paediatrics, Hospital General Rural de Gambo, Shashemane, Ethiopia; Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain. Electronic address: jramosrincon@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Service of Microbiology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M Carolina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Isea-Peña
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine and Paediatrics, Hospital General Rural de Gambo, Shashemane, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tesfamariam
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine and Paediatrics, Hospital General Rural de Gambo, Shashemane, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Sable
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balcha
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine and Paediatrics, Hospital General Rural de Gambo, Shashemane, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine and Paediatrics, Hospital General Rural de Gambo, Shashemane, Ethiopia; Division of Infectious Diseases, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Górgolas
keywords: Breast tuberculosis; Orchitis tuberculosis; Ovarian tuberculosis; Pathological diagnosis