Pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia of the fallopian tubes which was associated with female genital tract tuberculosis, histologically mimicking tubal adenocarcinoma: A diagnostic challenge

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1419-1421

  Gupta, Sonam ^a   Singh, Prem ^a   Bala, Jyoti ^a   Mushtaq, Deeba ^a   Goyal, Ankita ^a  

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Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Fallopian tubes; Pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA AND OLIGOMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; PELVIS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PSEUDOCARCINOMATOUS HYPERPLASIA OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBE; PSEUDOTUMOR; SALPINGITIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE HYPERPLASIA; UTERUS CARCINOMA; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 84867554086     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/3931.2375     Document Type: Article

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