TUBERCULOUS ENDOMETRITIS AND INFERTILITY
Abstract
Tuberculous endometritis is a local manifestation of a systemic disease. Its prevelence was 1.16% in West Birmingham Health District, an area with a large immigrant Asian popoulation. Most of the patients (63.3%) were young and the commonest presenting symptom was infertility (45.4 %). Because of the periodic shedding of the endometrium and the focal nature of the lesion, histological examination of curretings was not always diagnostic. In the absence of typical tubercle granulomas, minor glandular changes were useful in suspecting the disease and repeating the biopsy.References
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