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Cytological diagnosis of cervical tuberculosis in a woman with cervical growth
Author(s) -
Kumar Pankaj,
Gupta Parikshaa,
Gupta Nalini,
Rajwanshi Arvind
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/cyt.12823
Subject(s) - medicine , papanicolaou stain , tuberculosis , cervical screening , genital tract , cervical carcinoma , female circumcision , gynecology , cervical cancer , obstetrics , dermatology , pathology , cancer , physiology
Tuberculosis of the female genital tract is often difficult to diagnose owing to the variable and non‐specific clinical presentations in these patients. Cervical tuberculosis is rare and a proportion of these patients may present with cervical growth, which may clinically mimic cervical carcinoma. Cervical Papanicolaou smear examination is a non‐invasive and inexpensive test that can be used to establish a diagnosis of cervical TB in these patients.