TB Research

A Rare Presentation of Genitourinary Tuberculosis Mimicking Abdominal Tumor

Ivana Goić-Barišić

Acta Clinica Croatica · 2022-01

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

  • Tuberculosis
  • Medicine
  • Presentation (obstetrics)
  • Genitourinary system
  • Rare disease
  • Sex organ
  • Abdominal mass
  • Genital tuberculosis
  • Disease
  • Female circumcision
  • Genital tract
  • Dermatology
  • Gynecology
  • Surgery