TB Research

A RARE PRESENTATION OF GENITOURINARY TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING ABDOMINAL TUMOR

Goić-Barišić I, Milas I, Barišić I, Lukšić B, Novak A, Rubić Ž, Perić I, Tonkić M

Acta clinica Croatica · 2022-03

Abstract

Genital tuberculosis is a rare and unexpected disease in European countries including Croatia. Diagnosis of female genital tract tuberculosis is challenging and is rarely pin-pointed by clinical symptoms because of their low specificity. The authors decided to present a case of genitourinary tuberculosis in a young, immunocompetent fertile woman with high clinical suspicion of abdominal tumor mass. Although considered a desease of the past, rare clinical presentation of genital tuberculosis should be expected and taken into account.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Tuberculosis
  • Tuberculosis, Female Genital
  • Abdominal Neoplasms
  • Europe
  • Croatia
  • Female