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Case Reports
. 2022 Mar;61(1):153-156.
doi: 10.20471/acc.2022.61.01.20.

A RARE PRESENTATION OF GENITOURINARY TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING ABDOMINAL TUMOR

Ivana Goić-Barišić  1   2 , Ivo Milas  3 , Igor Barišić  2   4 , Boris Lukšić  2   3 , Anita Novak  1   2 , Žana Rubić  1   2 , Irena Perić  2   5 , Marija Tonkić  1   2
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A RARE PRESENTATION OF GENITOURINARY TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING ABDOMINAL TUMOR

Ivana Goić-Barišić et al. Acta Clin Croat. 2022 Mar.

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.

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Postoperative multi-slice computed tomography revealed solid masses on both ovaries accompanied by enlarged retroperitoneal lymph nodes and adhesion of intestinal coils in terms of carcinosis. The radiological diagnosis was bilateral tumor of the ovaries and carcinosis of the peritoneums.
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One month after initiation of antituberculosis therapy, multi-slice computed tomography showed significant regression of abdominal mass.
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