OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of pelvic tuberculosis presenting as primary infertility and discuss the various diagnostic modalities. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Academic reproductive medicine center. PATIENT(S): A 28-year-old nulliparous Indian immigrant presenting with primary infertility and known tubal pathology. INTERVENTION(S): Laparoscopic bilateral salpingectomy and adhesiolysis and diagnostic endometrial sampling. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Acid-fast bacilli were obtained on polymerase chain reaction and culture of endometrial sample. RESULT(S): The patient was diagnosed with pelvic tuberculosis and treated with a directly observed multidrug regimen. CONCLUSION(S): Tuberculosis is an important cause of gynecologic morbidity and should be considered in the appropriate patients.
OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of pelvic tuberculosis presenting as primary infertility and discuss the various diagnostic modalities. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Academic reproductive medicine center. PATIENT(S): A 28-year-old nulliparous Indian immigrant presenting with primary infertility and known tubal pathology. INTERVENTION(S): Laparoscopic bilateral salpingectomy and adhesiolysis and diagnostic endometrial sampling. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Acid-fast bacilli were obtained on polymerase chain reaction and culture of endometrial sample. RESULT(S): The patient was diagnosed with pelvic tuberculosis and treated with a directly observed multidrug regimen. CONCLUSION(S): Tuberculosis is an important cause of gynecologic morbidity and should be considered in the appropriate patients.