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Title: Primary Tubercular Cervicitis: A Common Disease at an Uncommon Site

Authors: Dr Ashok Kumar Dash, Dr Shushruta Mohanty, Dr Sanghamitra Sahoo, Dr Milan Tripathy

 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i6.101

Abstract

Tuberculosis of cervix is  a rare form of  genital Tuberculosis. As  it has  no  specific  symptoms  and  signs, so a high index of suspicion of TB in females with abnormal vaginal discharge  is required  while screening cervical smears, especially from TB endemic areas. Non pulmonary Tuberculosis are common in this parts of the state (i.e in South Odisha, Berhampur) in different parts of the body ranging from scrotum to TB osteomyelitis. We present a  case  of  a 40  year female presenting with  a foul  smelling  discharge per  vagina who was  suspected of carcinoma cervix clinically  and  later diagnosed  through pap smear and  on histopathology to  be  a  case of  cervical  TB.

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Corresponding Author

Dr Shushruta Mohanty

Senior Resident, Dept of Pathology, M.K.C.G. Medical College, Berhampur, India