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The Coexistence of Carcinoma and Tuberculosis in the Uterine Cervix: Report of 2 Cases
Author(s) -
Hsu ChienTien,
Yang LiChung,
Hsu MeiLien,
Chen WuHsiung,
Lin unNan
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1985.tb00756.x
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , pathological , cervix , medicine , lesion , uterine cervix , carcinoma , cancer , pathology
Coexistence of tuberculosis and cancer in the uterine cervix is extremel‐ rare. Two of such cases are presented. In these cases, extension of tuberculous lesions is much wider than cancerous lesions. Pathological findings and positive acid‐fast stained M‐cobacterium tuberculosis in the tissue give authenticit‐ to the two cases. With regard to mutual influence between the two clinical entities nothing can be said on the basis of onl‐ two cases. However, it seems that at least tuberculosis did not aggravate the cancerous lesion.