Abstract

ACOSTA,, Mariolga Bravo; SOLORZANO,, Paola Vélez  and  MENDEZ,, Dilia Martínez. Causa inesperada de absceso tubo-ovárico en una paciente con insuficiencia respiratoria aguda. Salud(i)Ciencia [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.4, pp.223-225.  Epub June 28, 2023. ISSN 1667-8682.  http://dx.doi.org/10.21840/siic/171672.

In 2020, 9.9 million people became ill with tuberculosis, with an estimated 1.5 million deaths. 9% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis courses with genital involvement, presenting elevated Ca-125, pelvic mass and ascites suggesting neoplasms, masking granulomatous infections. The case of a patient with a tuberculosis tubo-ovarian abscess is described.

Keywords : extrapulmonary tuberculosis; genital infection; Ca-125 tumor marker; acid-alcohol resistant bacillus; tuberculosis tubo-ovarian abscess.

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