1. Hysterosalpingographic findings in infertile women with genital tuberculosis
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Sharma, Jai Bhagwan, Pushparaj, Mohanraj, Roy, Kallol Kumar, Neyaz, Zafar, Gupta, Nupur, Jain, Sunesh Kumar, and Mittal, Suneeta
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CHEST diseases , *MYCOBACTERIAL diseases , *TUBERCULOSIS , *LUNG diseases , *TUBERCULOSIS complications , *TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis , *HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY , *INFERTILITY , *LONGITUDINAL method , *UTERINE diseases , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *DISEASE complications ,FALLOPIAN tube diseases ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the hysterosalpingographic findings from infertile women who were subsequently diagnosed with genital tuberculosis.Methods: A retrospective study of 70 infertile women who underwent hysterosalpingography to investigate infertility and were subsequently diagnosed with genital tuberculosis.Results: The mean age of the women was 27.3 years and the mean duration of infertility was 6.1 years. A total of 57 (81.4%) women had primary infertility while 13 had secondary infertility. Diagnosis of genital tuberculosis was made by polymerase chain reaction (54.3%), tuberculous granuloma on biopsy (22.8%), acid-fast bacilli culture (2.8%), and at laparoscopy or hysteroscopy (20%). Hysterosalpingographic findings were a normal uterine cavity observed in 57.1% of women, an irregular cavity in 18.5%, a shrunken cavity in 2.8%, and an irregular filling defect in 18.5%. Synechiae were observed in 17.1% of women.Conclusion: Genital tuberculosis is a common cause of infertility in India, causing significant uterine and tubal pathologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2008
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