Items tagged “fallopian tube”
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Pyosalpinx
Pyosalpinx refers to a fallopian tube that is filled, and often distended, with pus.
Pathology
A pyosalpinx often tends to be a complication of background pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Inflammation results in tubal and peritubal adhesions with superimposed obstruction of the fimbrial end....
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Fallopian tube torsion
A fallopian tube torsion is a type of adnexal torsion and usually occurs in association with an ovarian torsion (when it is then termed a tubo-ovarian torsion). An isolated fallopian tube torsion is rare but can occur.
Pathology
An isolated tubal torsion can occur as a late complication of tu...