the results of 10 year clinico - pathologic study about female genital tuberculosis in isfahan are reported. the main aims of this investigation were to study and review the tuberculosis of female genital tract to evaluate the influence of treatment and above all, to attempt to gain a better insight into the relation of infertility to this disease. in this study the following points have been t...

Background: Tuberculosis of the genital tract is one of the major causes of gynecological morbidity. Genital TB affects about 12% of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and represents 15-20% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Genital TB may be asymptomatic but involves genital organs such as fallopian tubes, endometrium, ovaries, cervix, vulva/ vagina and myometrium. The major presenting symptom ...

background: tuberculosis (tb) is an increasing public health concern worldwide. on a global scale it has a devastating impact in developing nations. genital tb, an extrapulmonary form, is not uncommon particularly in areas where pulmonary tb is prevalent. genital tb may be asymptomatic or may even masquerade as other gynaecological conditions; hence, diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicio...

background: female genital tuberculosis is an important cause of secondary amenorrhea and infertility in developing countries where tuberculosis is endemic. objectives: we present three cases in which endometrial tuberculosis was a cause of secondary amenorrhea and infertility.rnpatients and methods: in a retrospective study from january 2007 to june 2010, we conducted 1010 laparoscopies for in...

background: genital tuberculosis is a chorionic disease and mostly occurs by haematogenous spread from extra genital source like lungs, peritoneum, lymph nodes and bones. transmission through a sexual intercourse is also possible. since the majority of patients are in reproductive ages, involvement of fallopian tubes and endometrium cause infertility in patients. cases: reviewing 4 cases of fem...

background: genital tuberculosis is a common entity in gynecological practice particularly among infertile patients. it is rare in developed countries but is an important cause of infertility in developing countries. objective: the present study has investigated the prevalence of female genital tract tuberculosis (fgt) among infertile patients, which was conducted at the obstetrics and gynecolo...

The incidence of genital tuberculosis is not the same in different parts of ·world. It de­pends on the incidence of tuberculosis of other organs specially lungs in the area. In India the incidence is very high, but in U.S.A. and Germany it is very low. In our country the patients refer mostly from the north and north­west.  5'7<- to 1W'/<- of sterile patients have genital tuberculosis. Sterili...