<front xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <journal-meta> <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CRIOG</journal-id> <journal-title-group> <journal-title>Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology</journal-title> </journal-title-group> <issn pub-type="epub">2090-6692</issn> <issn pub-type="ppub">2090-6684</issn> <publisher> <publisher-name>Hindawi</publisher-name> </publisher> </journal-meta> <article-meta> <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1155/2018/6452721</article-id> <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">6452721</article-id> <article-categories> <subj-group subj-group-type="heading"> <subject>Case Report</subject> </subj-group> </article-categories> <title-group> <article-title>Pelvic Tuberculosis Diagnosed during Operative Laparoscopy for Suspected Ovarian Cancer</article-title> </title-group> <contrib-group> <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U47465915" corresp="yes"> <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8767-2528</contrib-id> <name> <surname>Martingano</surname> <given-names>Daniel</given-names> </name> <email>daniel.martingano@nyumc.org</email> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1"> <sup>1</sup> </xref> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2"> <sup>2</sup> </xref> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"> <sup>3</sup> </xref> </contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U70849874"> <name> <surname>Cagle-Colon</surname> <given-names>Kayla</given-names> </name> <email>kayla.cagle-colon@nyumc.org</email> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2"> <sup>2</sup> </xref> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3"> <sup>3</sup> </xref> </contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U61085728"> <name> <surname>Chiaffarano</surname> <given-names>Jeanine</given-names> </name> <email>jchiaf01@gmail.com</email> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I4"> <sup>4</sup> </xref> </contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U35743457"> <name> <surname>Marcus</surname> <given-names>Alan</given-names> </name> <email>alan.marcus@nyumc.org</email> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I4"> <sup>4</sup> </xref> </contrib> <contrib contrib-type="author" id="U95619086"> <name> <surname>Contreras</surname> <given-names>Diana</given-names> </name> <email>dianancontreras@gmail.com</email> <xref ref-type="aff" rid="I5"> <sup>5</sup> </xref> </contrib> <contrib contrib-type="Academic Editor" id="U93101802"> <name> <surname>Harper</surname> <given-names>Diane M.</given-names> </name> </contrib> </contrib-group> <aff id="I1"> <sup>1</sup> <addr-line>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University</addr-line> <addr-line>Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine</addr-line> <addr-line>Blacksburg</addr-line> <addr-line>VA</addr-line> <country>USA</country> <ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">vt.edu</ext-link> </aff> <aff id="I2"> <sup>2</sup> <addr-line>Department of Obstetrics &#x26; Gynecology</addr-line> <addr-line>New York University School of Medicine</addr-line> <addr-line>New York</addr-line> <addr-line>NY</addr-line> <country>USA</country> <ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">nyu.edu</ext-link> </aff> <aff id="I3"> <sup>3</sup> <addr-line>Department of Obstetrics &#x26; Gynecology</addr-line> <addr-line>NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn</addr-line> <addr-line>Brooklyn</addr-line> <addr-line>NY</addr-line> <country>USA</country> <ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">lutheranhealthcare.org</ext-link> </aff> <aff id="I4"> <sup>4</sup> <addr-line>Department of Pathology</addr-line> <addr-line>New York University School of Medicine</addr-line> <addr-line>New York</addr-line> <addr-line>NY</addr-line> <country>USA</country> <ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">nyu.edu</ext-link> </aff> <aff id="I5"> <sup>5</sup> <addr-line>Division of Gynecologic Oncology</addr-line> <addr-line>Department of Obstetrics &#x26; Gynecology</addr-line> <addr-line>Atlantic Health System</addr-line> <addr-line>Morristown</addr-line> <addr-line>NJ</addr-line> <country>USA</country> <ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">atlantichealth.org</ext-link> </aff> <pub-date pub-type="publication-year"> <year>2018</year> </pub-date> <pub-date pub-type="archival-date"><day>15</day><month>4</month><year>2018</year> </pub-date> <volume>2018</volume> <history> <date date-type="received"> <day>23</day> <month>11</month> <year>2017</year> </date> <date date-type="accepted"> <day>12</day> <month>03</month> <year>2018</year> </date> <date date-type="pub"><day>15</day><month>4</month><year>2018</year> </date> </history> <permissions> <copyright-year>2018</copyright-year> <copyright-holder> Copyright &#xa9; 2018 Daniel Martingano et al.</copyright-holder> <license xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"> <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the <ext-link xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</ext-link>, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p> </license> </permissions> <abstract> <p> <italic>Background</italic>. While the combination of a pelvic mass, very high serum level of CA-125, chest adenopathy, and ascites is concerning for advanced-stage ovarian cancer, the etiology of such a presentation can be due to disseminated pelvic tuberculosis.<italic> Case</italic>. A 67-year-old para 2 African-American woman presented with abdominal pain and shortness of breath. Subsequent CT and MR imaging demonstrated chest adenopathy, a pelvic mass, omental caking, and ascites. The patient underwent diagnostic laparoscopy with biopsy revealing noncaseating granulomas and subsequent tissue culture revealed<italic> Mycobacterium tuberculosis.</italic> The patient was diagnosed with disseminated pelvic tuberculosis and multidrug therapy was initiated.<italic> Conclusion</italic>. Pelvic tuberculosis can mimic advanced-stage ovarian cancer; thus obtaining a tissue sample may be beneficial to more appropriately direct treatment and planning for neoadjuvant therapies given the ineffectiveness of extensive surgical procedures in treating pelvic tuberculosis commonly employed in the treatment of advanced-stage ovarian cancer.</p> </abstract> <counts> <fig-count count="2"/><ref-count count="7" /> <page-count count="4" /> </counts> </article-meta> </front>