Coexistence of tuberculosis and bilateral ovarian adenocarcinoma: a case report

Abstract

Peritoneal tuberculosis is generally secondary to hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during primary infection. It is often confused with advanced ovarian cancer.

We report a case of coexisting tuberculosis and ovarian cancer in a postmenopausal woman. This was an unique and unusual case, due not only to the uncommon localization but also to the bilateral nature of the lesion and the histological type of ovarian cancer.

The diagnosis of this coexistence of two diseases is not always suspected on clinical examination. It is confirmed by anatomopathological examination. The diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in patients with cancer have a great importance in patients with coexisting pathologies.