Where does genital tuberculosis occurs in women commonly?
Genitourinary tuberculosis is commonly secondary to infection elsewhere in the body, usually pulmonary, but active pulmonary disease can be documented in only one-third of patients. Vascular dissemination is responsible for infection of the fallopian tubes in almost all patients with genital tuberculosis, and involvement of the endometrium follows in 90%. Cervical disease can occur by direct extension or lymphatic spread, occurring in only 1% of cases. Ref: Khachikyan I., Stratton P. (2013). Chapter 40. Benign Disorders of the Uterine Cervix. In A.H. DeCherney, L. Nathan, N. Laufer, A.S. Roman (Eds), CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Obstetrics & Gynecology, 11e.
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