Salpingitis Isthmica Nodosa: A Case Report
Published: November 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.3619
Parasappa Joteppa Yaranal, Vijayakumar Hegde
1. Professor, Department of Pathology, Kannur Medical College, Kannur, Kerala, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Kannur Medical College, Kannur, Kerala, India.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Parasappa Joteppa Yaranal,
Professor, Department of Pathology, Kannur Medical College, Kannur, Kerala–670612, India.
Phone: 094488-24484, 08891988809, E-mail: pjyaranal@yahoo.co.in
Abstract
Salpingitis isthmica nodosa places the patient at risk for recurrent ectopic pregnancy or infertility. Hence, we report a case of salpingitis isthmica nodosa which was salpingectomized for pain abdomen in a 46- year old woman.
Keywords
Salpingectomy, Ectopic pregnancy, Fallopian tube