A RARE PRESENTATION OF GENITOURINARY TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING ABDOMINAL TUMOR

Acta Clin Croat. 2022 Mar;61(1):153-156. doi: 10.20471/acc.2022.61.01.20.

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.

Keywords: Abdominal tumor; Genitourinary tract; Tuberculosis; Young women.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Croatia
  • Europe
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Tuberculosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Female Genital* / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Female Genital* / pathology