Asymptomatic infection appears to be a common cause of fallopian tube damage resulting in ectopic pregnancy or infertility.

Background: Implantation is characterized by the interaction of two immunologically and genetically distinct tissues. The embryo differs from the cells of the mother, and would be rejected as a parasite by the immune system of the mother if it didn’t secrete immunosuppressive agents. Thus, immunological rejection of the fetus due to recognition of paternal antigens by the maternal immune system...

Current evidences indicate that the fallopian tube plays a major role in the pathogenesis of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Salpingectomy represents a novel and potentially effective risk-reducing option. In this study, there were 1822 patients diagnosed and treated for EOC or primary peritoneal cancer (PPC) at Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute an...

Tubal disease accounts for 25-35% of infertility in woman and salpingitis is believed to account for more than 50% of these cases. Approximately 1% of women who undergo surgical sterilization seek reversal of the procedure. A wide variety of techniques has been developed in recent years. Macro and microsurgical techniques, laparoscopic and falloposcopic recanalization, balloon tuboplasty, hyste...

A case is reported of successful in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and pregnancy in a natural cycle after four previously failed attempts with stimulated cycles. The patient began treatment at the age of 36 years and underwent four stimulated IVF cycles, each time with three embryos of good quality transferred. In one attempt, three cryopreserved embryos were transferred in a natural cycle. The pati...

Accumulated evidence over the past 10 years has strongly indicated that the fallopian tube is the site of origin for many high-grade serous carcinomas (1), which represent 50% to 60% of all epithelial ovarian cancers. This multi-origin model of ovarian cancer development has important implications for prevention of ovarian cancer: if some or all high-grade serous tumors develop in the fallopian...

OBJECTIVE: To review the technique and results of falloposcopy, and the classification and management of fallopian tube disease. DATA SOURCES: Medline and non-Medline search of the relevant English literature, and personal experience. STUDY SELECTION: Studies involving the use of falloposcopy to assess tubal status were selected for review. DATA EXTRACTION: The procedure of falloposcopy and its...

True unicornuate uterus-Pseudounicornuate uterus Figure 1. Later HSG demonstrates apparently unicornuate uterus with normal left fallopian tube. Figure 2. First hysterosalpingography (HSG) showed a apparently unicornuate uterus with normal fallopian tubes. A 27 year old patient presented with primary infertility of 3 years' duration and also a history of myomectomy (5 years ago) was referred to...