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TUBERCULOSIS OF THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT—A CHANGING PICTURE
Author(s) -
Hutchins C. J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12641.x
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , female circumcision , genital tract , medicine , sex organ , genital tuberculosis , abscess , dermatology , surgery , gynecology , pathology , physiology , biology , genetics
Summary Twenty‐one patients with tuberculosis of the female genital tract are presented, and the clinical features, method of diagnosis and treatment are discussed. The condition affected an older group of patients than described earlier, and often took the form of chronic infection with abscess formation.