Tuberculous endometritis presenting as postmenopausal bleeding. A case report

J Reprod Med. 1991 Aug;36(8):616-8.

Abstract

Genital tuberculosis presented as postmenopausal bleeding in a woman with third-degree procidentia. After two months of combination antimycobacterial treatment, she underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by nine months of postoperative drug therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antitubercular Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Endometritis / complications*
  • Endometritis / drug therapy
  • Endometritis / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Menopause
  • Ovariectomy
  • Tuberculosis, Female Genital / complications*
  • Tuberculosis, Female Genital / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Female Genital / surgery
  • Uterine Hemorrhage / etiology*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents