TUBERCULAR GRANULOMA OF CESAREAN SECTION WOUND: ‘DIAGNOSED IN IMMEDIATE POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD OF CASESAREEN SECTION BY SKIN BIOPSY’
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 9
Abstract
20 yr old primigravida with postdated pregnancy taken for cesarean section with an indication of failure to progress. Uneventful surgery post operatively developed skin sloughing, gangrene and necrosis. Biopsy yielded the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Primary tuberculosis in lung and abdomen was ruled out. Wound started healing after anti tubercular treatment.
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Uma B. Deshmukh, Asha Hanamshetty
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- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2014/183
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