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Case Reports
. 2007:2007:27028.
doi: 10.1155/2007/27028. Epub 2007 May 8.

Postmenopausal tuberculosis endometritis

Kemal Güngördük  1 , Volkan Ulker, Ahmet Sahbaz, Cemal Ark, Ali Ismet Tekirdag
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Case Reports

Postmenopausal tuberculosis endometritis

Kemal Güngördük et al. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2007.

Abstract

Tuberculosis remains a global health problem, primarily in developing countries with inadequate health services. A significant portion of tuberculosis in these settings is extrapulmonary, including tuberculosis of the genitourinary tract. Patients with genital tuberculosis are usually young women detected during work up for infertility. After menopause, tuberculosis of the endometrium is a rare possibility probably because of the decreased vascularity of the tissues. We present a case of endometrial tuberculosis with postmenopausal vaginal bleeding.

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Figure 1
Transvaginal pelvic ultrasound showed an abnormal endometrial echo pattern. The endometrium was heterogenous and had irregular surface.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A classical tuberculosus granuloma formed by epithelioid macrophages, cuffed by lymhocytes and containing a Langhans giant cell (H&E×40).
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