[Post-menopausal endometrial tuberculosis]

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2006 Feb;35(1):71-3. doi: 10.1016/s0368-2315(06)76374-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A 69-year-old menopaused woman, presented a 2-month history of metrorrhagia. We suspected a malignant disease, but, the histopathologic examination of biopsies, found an endometrial inflammation without malignant cells. Culture for mycobacteria showed a Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A course of four-drug antituberculous therapy was started and the patient recovered. Tuberculosis remains a common disease, but genital infection is infrequent. Usually, it concerns young infertile women from non-industrial countries. More attention should be paid to this disease. Women, irrespective of their age, should be investigated for silent or subclinical genital symptoms, with mycobacterial examination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Endometritis / diagnosis*
  • Endometritis / drug therapy
  • Endometritis / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Postmenopause
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / pathology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents