Review Article

Female Genital Tuberculosis: Clinical Presentation, Current Diagnosis, and Treatment

Table 2

Symptoms and signs in FGTB.

SymptomsRef.Authors

Lower abdominal pain[5, 6, 10](Shahzad, 2012), (Ali and Abdallah, 2012), and (Jindal, 2006)
Menstrual disorders[5, 6](Shahzad, 2012) and (Ali and Abdallah, 2012)
Leukorrhea (vaginal discharge)[5, 7, 10, 14](Shahzad, 2012), (Parvez et al., 2017), (Jindal, 2006), and (Djuwantono et al., 2017)
Weight disturbances[5](Shahzad, 2012)
Low-grade fever[5](Shahzad, 2012)
Pelvic mass[5ā€“7](Shahzad, 2012), (Ali and Abdallah, 2012), and (Parvez et al., 2017)
Ruptured ectopic pregnancy[5](Shahzad, 2012)
Chronic pelvic pain[6, 7, 10, 14](Ali and Abdallah, 2012), (Parvez et al., 2017), (Jindal, 2006), and (Djuwantono et al., 2017)
Dysmenorrhea[6, 10, 14](Ali and Abdallah, 2012), (Jindal, 2006), and (Djuwantono et al., 2017)
Postmenopausal bleeding[6, 14](Ali and Abdallah, 2012), (Djuwantono et al., 2017)
Menorrhagia[7](Parvez et al., 2017)
Infertility[5ā€“7, 10, 14](Shahzad, 2012),(Ali and Abdallah, 2012),(Jindal, 2006), (Parvez et al., 2017), and (Djuwantono et al., 2017)
Oligomenorrhoea[7](Parvez et al., 2017)
Pyrexia[10, 14](Jindal, 2006) and (Djuwantono et al., 2017)
Irregular and hard endometrium[4](Efared et al., 2019)
Distended fallopian tube, thick wall[4](Efared et al., 2019)