Tuberculosis of Uterine Cervix Presenting with Recurrent Leucorrhoea in Guise of Carcinoma of Cervix

Abstract

Leucorrhea is a common gynaecologic symptom which affects quality of life of a women when it becomes recurrent. Tuberculosis (TB) as cause of abnormal looking cervix or growth on cervix is not commonly thought. We present a rare case who presented with recurrent leucorrhea having growth on cervix clinically appearing like cervical malignancy but on histopathology it was found to be TB of cervix.

Keywords

• cervical cancer
• cervical tuberculosis
• recurrent vaginal discharge