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A RARE PRESENTATION OF GENITOURINARY TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING ABDOMINAL TUMOR

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 tubercu...

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Autores principales: Goić-Barišić, Ivana, Milas, Ivo, Barišić, Igor, Lukšić, Boris, Novak, Anita, Rubić, Žana, Perić, Irena, Tonkić, Marija
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medical Research, Vinogradska cesta c. 29 Zagreb 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9616032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36398074
http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2022.61.01.20
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Sumario: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.