Tuberculous Endometritis

Tuberculous endometritis - a worrying recrudescence for infertility

PCR-Based Evaluation of Tuberculous Endometritis in Infertile Women of North India

BACKGROUND Tuberculous endometritis is often a diagnostic dilemma for gynecologists in the evaluation of infertility. This study evaluated and compared different diagnostic methods in tuberculous endometritis. METHODS 100 infertile women were investigated for tuberculous endometritis. The endometrial samples obtained by curettage were evaluated by Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining of the smears for...

Non-siliceous anisotropic crystals in tuberculous salpingitis.

Attention has recently been drawn to the similarity between the histological picture of silicious granuloma and tuberculosis of proliferative type in the Fallopian tube of man (Roberts, 1947). In the differential diagnosis emphasis has been placed on the value of the polarizing microscope. The purpose of the present paper is to draw attention to the presence of doubly refractile, but non-silici...

Association of tuberculous endometritis with infertility and other gynecological complaints of women in India.

Endometrial biopsy samples derived from 393 patients with assorted gynecological complaints were investigated for mycobacterial infection. By employment of four different techniques, mycobacterial pathogens were detected irrespective of the nature/type of clinical complaint. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the predominant pathogen detected among the samples investigated.

Tuberculous endometritis: its association with infertility and other gynaecological complaints in Indian women