Case Report

A rare case of cervical tuberculosis simulating carcinoma cervix: a case report

Swati Agrawal, Monika Madan, Nitin Leekha and Chitra Raghunandan

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India

Cases Journal 2009, 2:161doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-161

Published:	20 October 2009

Abstract

Background

This is an unusual case of a 26-year-old P2L2 lady who presented with chief complaints of pain abdomen and irregular bleeding p/v with history of post-coital bleeding.

Case report

On per speculum examination, cervix was replaced by an irregular friable growth, which was bleeding on touch. A clinical diagnosis of carcinoma cervix was made but the cervical biopsy revealed granulomatous inflammation with presence of acid-fast bacilli on cervical smear consistent with tuberculosis. The patient responded to six months of anti-tubercular therapy.

Conclusion

To conclude, cervical tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of carcinoma cervix in young women with suspicious cervix.