Fallopian tubes

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Author: Mikael Häggström [note 1]

Presentations

Microscopic examination

  • Ensure there is at least one full cross-section from each tube, and take further samples otherwise.
  • Check for patency of the lumen.

Tumor

The most common tumor of the fallopian tubes is adenomatoid tumor:[1]

Reporting

On this resource, the following formatting is used for comprehensiveness:

  • Minimal depth
  • (Moderate depth)
  • ((Comprehensive))

Example of a normal report in sterilization:

(Left and right fallopian tubes, laparoscopic bilateral salpingectomy:)
Complete cross-sections of histologically unremarkable fallopian tubes.

Notes

  1. For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nicole Riddle, Jamie Shutter. Fallopian tubes & broad ligament - Fallopian tube tumors - Adenomatoid tumor. Pathology Outlines. Topic Completed: 1 September 2013. Minor changes: 13 December 2019

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