TY - JOUR
T1 - Tubercular endometritis visualized as endometrial micropolyps during hysteroscopic procedure
AU - Scrimin, Federica
AU - Limone, Andrea
AU - Wiesenfeld, Uri
AU - Guaschino, Secondo
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - Female genital tuberculosis is a rare disease in developed countries but it is a frequent cause of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility in undeveloped countries. A rare case of tubercular endometritis diagnosed at hysteroscopy and successfully treated in a woman with secondary infertility, is presented. As far as we know this is the first case that shows the association between endometrial micropolyps and tubercular endometritis.
AB - Female genital tuberculosis is a rare disease in developed countries but it is a frequent cause of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility in undeveloped countries. A rare case of tubercular endometritis diagnosed at hysteroscopy and successfully treated in a woman with secondary infertility, is presented. As far as we know this is the first case that shows the association between endometrial micropolyps and tubercular endometritis.
KW - Endometrial micropolyps
KW - Hysteroscopy
KW - Tubercular endometritis
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U2 - 10.1007/s00404-009-1325-4
DO - 10.1007/s00404-009-1325-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 20020150
AN - SCOPUS:77953649579
VL - 281
SP - 1079
EP - 1080
JO - Archives of Gynecology
JF - Archives of Gynecology
SN - 0170-9925
IS - 6
ER -