COMPARISON BETWEEN WOMEN TUBERCULOUS WITH AND WITHOUT amenorrhea amenorrhea

Hicham Souhi, Khalid Bouti[1], Mouna Soualhi[2], Jamal Eddine Bourkadi[3]
Page No. 64-66

Introduction: Amenorrhea is a menstrual disorder inconstant in tuberculosis disease; its prevalence
is unknown. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency in TB outside the
genital location, and search for clinical, radiological and biological characteristics by comparing
women with amenorrhea tuberculous tuberculous women without amenorrhea. Materials and
Methods: This is a prospective study for 6 months on 49 patients hospitalized in our training for
tuberculosis. A form of farm included age, form of tuberculosis, history of tuberculosis, the
presence or absence of amenorrhea and its duration, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and
hemoglobin. Results: The mean age of patients was 30 years + / - 10, 23% have a history of
tuberculosis. Forms of tuberculosis are encountered pulmonary smear positive TB in 53%,
pulmonary TB smear negative in 24%, a case of peritoneal tuberculosis, one case of lymph node
tuberculosis, tuberculous meningitis and tuberculous pericarditis. A quarter of patients 26% had
amenorrhea whose duration varied from 2 months to 7 months. Comparing patients with
amenorrhea (group A) and without amenorrhea (group B), there was no significant difference (p
greater than 0 .05) between the 2 groups regarding age, history of tuberculosis, clinical severity,
the shape of tuberculosis and biological abnormalities (VS, hemoglobin). Conclusion: These results
suggest that there's other intervening factors in amenorrhea in women tuberculous