A rare case of tuberculous salpingitis

Interv Med Appl Sci. 2016 Sep;8(3):131-134. doi: 10.1556/1646.8.2016.3.2.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to give an overview of a rare case of tuberculosis of the left fallopian tube in postmenopausal women. It is known that the isolated tuberculous salpingitis without spreading to the endometrium is extremely rare case. In our case, it simulated a cancer of appendages at the late stages that were proved by the increased level of CA-125. This fact as well as the macroscopic image of the left fallopian tube was incorrectly considered by the clinicians as a malignant neoplasm of fallopian tube. However, after pathomorphological examination of postoperative samples during histological study, the main method of verification of the diagnosis, revealed the specific granulomas in the samples that indicate the tubercular inflammation. It was considered by clinical and laboratory as data secondary focus.

Keywords: Langhans giant cells; clinical case; fallopian tubes; histology; tuberculosis.

Publication types

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Grants and funding

Funding sources: No financial support was received for this study.