Abstract

AGUILAR MOLINA, Oswaldo Enrique et al. Ovarian tuberculosis, extra pulmonary tuberculosis infrequent manifestation. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2022, vol.74, n.1  Epub May 02, 2022. ISSN 1561-3054.

Tuberculosis is one of the most widely distributed infectious diseases in the world and is one of the leading causes of death in AIDS patients, especially in low-income countries. The extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis varies between 15 to 30% of all cases, of these, the pelvic form represents only 6 to 10%, with ovarian involvement even rarer. We describe the case of a patient from southwestern Colombia, who presents with two-week symptoms of behavioral disturbances and altered consciousness, a diagnosis of infection by human immunodeficiency virus was made, during her evolution extrapulmonary infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with meningeal and ovarian involvement was documented.

Keywords : Mycobacterium tuberculosis; extrapulmonary tuberculosis; HIV; ovary.

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