Vulvar Tuberculosis-A Rare Manifestation of the Disease
Abstract Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to data from the World Health Organization, this disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although it most commonly affects the lungs, tuberculosis can compromise any organ. The presen...
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| author | Cristina Bragança Inês Gonçalves Luísa Guerreiro Maria Janeiro |
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| description | Abstract Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to data from the World Health Organization, this disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although it most commonly affects the lungs, tuberculosis can compromise any organ. The present study reports a rare case of vulvar tuberculosis in a postmenopausal woman with a history of asymptomatic pulmonary and pleural tuberculosis, with no prior documented contact with the bacillus. Diagnosis was based on vulvar lesion biopsies, with histological findings suggestive of infection and isolation of M. tuberculosis by microbiological culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) essays. The lesions reverted to normal after tuberculostatic therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c16b5db502ff4ff481924f013ab041dc2022-12-22T04:16:11ZengFederação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e ObstetríciaRevista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia0100-72032019-09-0141957557810.1055/s-0039-1695020Vulvar Tuberculosis-A Rare Manifestation of the DiseaseCristina Bragançahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9111-3291Inês GonçalvesLuísa GuerreiroMaria JaneiroAbstract Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. According to data from the World Health Organization, this disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although it most commonly affects the lungs, tuberculosis can compromise any organ. The present study reports a rare case of vulvar tuberculosis in a postmenopausal woman with a history of asymptomatic pulmonary and pleural tuberculosis, with no prior documented contact with the bacillus. Diagnosis was based on vulvar lesion biopsies, with histological findings suggestive of infection and isolation of M. tuberculosis by microbiological culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) essays. The lesions reverted to normal after tuberculostatic therapy.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-72032019000900575&tlng=engynecologyvulvar diseasestuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Bragança Inês Gonçalves Luísa Guerreiro Maria Janeiro Vulvar Tuberculosis-A Rare Manifestation of the Disease Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia gynecology vulvar diseases tuberculosis |
| title | Vulvar Tuberculosis-A Rare Manifestation of the Disease |
| title_full | Vulvar Tuberculosis-A Rare Manifestation of the Disease |
| title_fullStr | Vulvar Tuberculosis-A Rare Manifestation of the Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vulvar Tuberculosis-A Rare Manifestation of the Disease |
| title_short | Vulvar Tuberculosis-A Rare Manifestation of the Disease |
| title_sort | vulvar tuberculosis a rare manifestation of the disease |
| topic | gynecology vulvar diseases tuberculosis |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-72032019000900575&tlng=en |
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