Open AccessSharma’s Python Sign: A New Tubal Sign in Female Genital Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Jai Bhagwan Sharma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of laboratory physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-7826
pISSN - 0974-2727
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2727.180794
Subject(s) - python (programming language) , sign (mathematics) , genital tuberculosis , tuberculosis , single sign on , computer science , medicine , gynecology , mathematics , operating system , pathology , mathematical analysis , password
Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is an important cause of infertility in developing countries. Various type of TB salpingitis can be endosalpingitis, exosalpingitis, interstitial TB salpingitis, and salpingitis isthmica nodosa. The fallopian tubes are thickened enlarged and tortuous. Unilateral or bilateral hydrosalpinx or pyosalpinx may be formed. A new sign python sign is presented in which fallopian tube looks like a blue python on dye testing in FGTB.