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Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 727146, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/727146
Case Report

Genitourinary Tuberculosis: An Atypical Clinical Presentation

Pei Shan Lim,1 Ixora Kamisan Atan,1 and Aruku Naidu2

1Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Pusat Perubatan UKM, Jalan Yaakob Latif, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, 30990 Ipoh, Malaysia

Received 16 October 2012; Accepted 2 December 2012

Academic Editors: S. E. Msuya, S. Salhan, and I. M. Usta

Copyright © 2012 Pei Shan Lim et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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