A retrospective study of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the Khuzestan province of southwest Iran between 2002 and 2023

tuberculosis is a systemic disease with different clinical manifestations. This study described different epidemiologic patterns of concurrent EPTB. The proportion of different types of EPTB was simultaneously determined for a group of hospitalized patients and shown to be different with gender and age. This study will likely increase clinicians' awareness of the disease and help them better address diagnostic challenges and improve treatment outcomes for patients with EPTB.