Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 331-333, December 2009

Genital Tuberculosis With Presentation of Spontaneous Abortion in a Patient With Miliary Tuberculosis

  • Chih-Wei Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sheng-Chuan Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Hsiang Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Song-Wei Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Emergency Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 22 August 2008; received in revised form 21 September 2008; accepted 21 November 2008.

Abstract 

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern worldwide. In Taiwan, the annual mortality rate for TB is 3.4 per 100,000 people (783 deaths in 2007). TB primarily affects the lungs, but approximately one third of patients also demonstrate involvement of extrapulmonary areas such as the meninges, bones and genitourinary tract. Female genital TB is rarely seen in developed countries. The occurrence of genital TB is only 0.01% in Taiwan. We present here a rare case of miliary TB accompanied by endometrial spread with no known immunodeficiency.

Keywords:  Genital tuberculosis , Miliary tuberculosis , Spontaneous abortion

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60065-3

doi:10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60065-3

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 331-333, December 2009

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