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title: How common is tuberculosis of the uterine lining in infertile women in Nigeria?
description: Very rare. The study found 10 cases in 4700 samples, giving a prevalence of 0.2%.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/incidental-tuberculous-endometritis-in-premenstrual-curettings-from-infertile-1990/
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- How common is tuberculosis of the uterine lining in infertile women in Nigeria?

Survey study, 1990

# How common is tuberculosis of the uterine lining in infertile women in Nigeria?

Very rare. The study found 10 cases in 4700 samples, giving a prevalence of 0.2%.

 Early or limited evidence

4700 infertile women in Nigeria

## What they did

Reviewed 4700 tissue samples from the uterine lining of infertile women at one hospital in Nigeria.

## What they found

10 cases of tuberculosis were found.

## What it means for you

Tuberculosis of the uterine lining is very rare in this setting. The limitation is that this was done at only one hospital in one country, so the prevalence could be different in other places. More active searching might find more cases.

4700

tissue samples reviewed

10

tuberculosis cases found

0.2%

prevalence

## About the study

Original title Incidental tuberculous endometritis in premenstrual curettings from infertile women in eastern Nigeria Authors Gini PC, Ikerionwu SE Journal International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Year 1990 Study design Survey study Participants 4,700 Read the paper [doi.org/10.1016/0020-7292(90)90711-s](https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7292(90)90711-s)

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