Coexistent squamous cell carcinoma and tuberculosis in cervix - A rare occurrence

Abstract

Coexistence of squamous cell carcinoma cervix with tuberculosis cervix, as reported in literature, is a rare entity. Only 8 cases have been reported in the world literature so far. Tuberculosis in general is rampant in developing countries, especially in India, and so is carcinoma cervix and hence one would expect a much higher incidence of coexistence of two. However tuberculosis cervix is a rarely reported disease.We report a case of tuberculosis cervix associated with squamous cell carcinomaand regional lymph node involvement in a postmenopausal woman.Journal of Pathology of Nepal (2015) Vol. 5, 781-783

Tuberculous cervicitis: A brief report with cytohistological correlation and differential diagnosis

“…Nevertheless, coexistent TBC and squamous cell carcinoma or related lesions in the cervix have also been reported. [17][18][19][20] While the gold standard procedure for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is the isolation and demonstration of Mycobacteria bacilli in diverse specimens such as smears and/or histopathological sections using culture and molecular techniques, 21 should also be considered.…”