%0 Journal Article %T Pelvic Tuberculosis The Great Simulator of Gynaecologic Malignancies %A Pina %A Carla %A Teixeira %A Marc¨ªlia %A Cruz %A Diana %A Ferreira %A Eduardo %A Mesquita %A Mari %A Torgal %A Ana %J Arquivos de Medicina %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X pelvic tuberculosis remains a global health problem, primarily in developing countries where insuf£¿cient health services and high human immunode£¿ciency virus prevalence have increased the burden of disease. diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis is often dif£¿cult, because of its unspeci£¿c clinical, laboratory and radiological £¿ndings.the authors present two clinical cases of pelvic tuberculosis. the clinical, pathological and diagnostic features of this unusual disease are reviewed. %K pelvic tuberculosis %K adnexal mass %K ovarian cancer %K ca 125 %K adenosine deaminase (ada). %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0871-34132008000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en