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Fallopian Tube Diseases
Medical Definition: | Diseases involving the FALLOPIAN TUBES including neoplasms (FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS), SALPINGITIS, tubo-ovarian abscess and blockage. |
Guide Notes: | inflamm dis = SALPINGITIS |
Also Called: | Tubal Obstruction |
Previously Indexed: | Adnexal Diseases (1966-1979),Fallopian Tubes (1966-1979) |
Salpingitis - Inflammation of the uterine salpinx, the trumpet-shaped FALLOPIAN TUBES, usually caused by ascending infections of organisms from the lower reproductive tract. Salpingitis can lead to tubal scarring, hydrosalpinx, tubal occlusion, INFERTILITY, and ectopic pregnancy (PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC) |
Fallopian Tube Diseases Medical Definitions and Terms
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