Coexisting genital tuberculosis and endometriosis presenting as abdominal mass in an infertile woman: a report of a rare case

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 443.e5-443.e6

  Ghosh, Sharda Brata ^a   Mala, Yedla Manikya ^a   Tripathi, Reva ^a   Tyagi, Shakun ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

atypical presentation; coexisting endometriosis; Genital tuberculosis; infertility

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; GOSERELIN; HEMOSIDERIN; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPAREUNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEVER; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LAPAROTOMY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGOMENORRHEA; OVARY CANCER; OVULATION INDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 47849107318     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1286     Document Type: Article

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