Implication of laparoscopy in diagnostics of genital tb among women through cytohistological testing of bioptic specimen

Diagnostics of genital TB among women is a serious challenge because of the absence of specific clinical manifestation and difficulty to obtain material for bacteriological verification of the pathogen. All the cases with ascites and masses in pelvic cavity must undergo thorough testing to exclude tuberculosis. The present article describes 14 suspect cases of genital TB, where along with the mandatory clinical diagnostic studies (including PCR of ascites and bacteriological testing for TB, also on carcinoma of CA-125 ovary) they have conducted laparoscopy, with further cytological and bacteriological testing of bioptic sample. This method allowed us to diagnose genital and abdominal tuberculosis among women in 85,7% of cases through cytologic and histologic testing and to exclude ovarian carcinoma. Effectiveness of laparoscopy has been confirmed in diagnostics of genital and abdominal TB.