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Fallopian tube duplication

MedGen UID:
539876
•Concept ID:
C0266375
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonym: Accessory fallopian tube
SNOMED CT: Accessory fallopian tube (48672005)
 
HPO: HP:0012885

Definition

The presence of a supernumerary Fallopian tube. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The utility of human fallopian tube mucosa as a novel source of multipotent stem cells for the treatment of autologous reproductive tract injury.
Wang J, Zhao Y, Wu X, Yin S, Chuai Y, Wang A
Stem Cell Res Ther 2015 May 21;6(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s13287-015-0094-1. PMID: 25994820Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Isolated fallopian tube torsion: A systematic review of case reports.
Varghese S, Seldon Y, Raperport C, Rinne N, Patel K, Zaid RZ
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2024 May;296:140-147. Epub 2024 Feb 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.02.050. PMID: 38432020
Hydrosalpinx in patients with hysterectomy without salpingo-oophorectomy referred for pelvic magnetic resonance imaging.
Katz SI, Ramchandani P, Torigian DA, Siegelman ES
Clin Imaging 2019 May-Jun;55:95-99. Epub 2019 Jan 11 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2018.12.008. PMID: 30798017
The effect of appendectomy in future tubal infertility and ectopic pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Elraiyah T, Hashim Y, Elamin M, Erwin PJ, Zarroug AE
J Surg Res 2014 Dec;192(2):368-374.e1. Epub 2014 Aug 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.08.017. PMID: 25303785
Hydrosalpinx in a patient with complex genitourinary malformation.
Zhapa E, Rigamonti W, Castagnetti M
J Pediatr Surg 2010 Nov;45(11):2265-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.06.016. PMID: 21034959
Diagnosing infertility in a district general hospital: a case-note and cost analysis.
Ojha K, Philips Z, Darne FJ
Hum Fertil (Camb) 2003 Nov;6(4):169-73. doi: 10.1080/1464770312331369443. PMID: 14614195

Diagnosis

Isolated fallopian tube torsion: A systematic review of case reports.
Varghese S, Seldon Y, Raperport C, Rinne N, Patel K, Zaid RZ
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2024 May;296:140-147. Epub 2024 Feb 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.02.050. PMID: 38432020
The Overview of Anatomical Variations and Congenital Anomalies of the Uterine Tubes and Their Impact on Fertility.
Csöbönyeiová M, Klein M, Feitscherová C, Pavlíková L, Kachlík D, Varga I
Physiol Res 2022 Dec 27;71(Suppl 1):S35-S49. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.935035. PMID: 36592439Free PMC Article
The accessory fallopian tube, a rare Mullerian duct anomaly: Two case reports.
Kale I
J Pak Med Assoc 2021 Jan;71(1(B)):370-372. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.1277. PMID: 35157684
Hysterosalpingography in the 1990s.
Yoder IC, Hall DA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 1991 Oct;157(4):675-83. doi: 10.2214/ajr.157.4.1892018. PMID: 1892018
Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome: US aid to diagnosis.
Rosenberg HK, Sherman NH, Tarry WF, Duckett JW, Snyder HM
Radiology 1986 Dec;161(3):815-9. doi: 10.1148/radiology.161.3.3538139. PMID: 3538139

Therapy

"Can't Touch This!": Laparoscopic management of an obstructed uterus didelphys before and after treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease.
Tsai S, Romanski PA, Bortoletto P, Pfeifer SM
Fertil Steril 2024 Jan;121(1):128-130. Epub 2023 Oct 26 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.10.022. PMID: 37898469
Hydrosalpinx in patients with hysterectomy without salpingo-oophorectomy referred for pelvic magnetic resonance imaging.
Katz SI, Ramchandani P, Torigian DA, Siegelman ES
Clin Imaging 2019 May-Jun;55:95-99. Epub 2019 Jan 11 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2018.12.008. PMID: 30798017
The effect of appendectomy in future tubal infertility and ectopic pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Elraiyah T, Hashim Y, Elamin M, Erwin PJ, Zarroug AE
J Surg Res 2014 Dec;192(2):368-374.e1. Epub 2014 Aug 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.08.017. PMID: 25303785

Prognosis

Primary Hepatic Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Laparoscopic Management.
Rajanbabu M, Ma K, Shuheibar H, Somoye G, Sirkeci F, Bandyopadhyay SK, Sheen AJ
J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2024 Mar;31(3):178-179. Epub 2023 Nov 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2023.11.017. PMID: 38030033
"Can't Touch This!": Laparoscopic management of an obstructed uterus didelphys before and after treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease.
Tsai S, Romanski PA, Bortoletto P, Pfeifer SM
Fertil Steril 2024 Jan;121(1):128-130. Epub 2023 Oct 26 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.10.022. PMID: 37898469
Hydrosalpinx in a patient with complex genitourinary malformation.
Zhapa E, Rigamonti W, Castagnetti M
J Pediatr Surg 2010 Nov;45(11):2265-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.06.016. PMID: 21034959
Giant cystic meconium peritonitis associated with a cloacal anomaly: case report.
Hamada T, Hirose R, Kosaka T, Taniguchi K, Noguchi M, Kihara T, Egashira M, Tagawa M, Miura K, Masuzaki H, Tajima Y, Hayashi T, Kanematsu T
J Pediatr Surg 2008 Mar;43(3):E21-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.10.070. PMID: 18358269
Electron microscopic studies of ciliogenesis and ciliary abnormalities in human oviduct epithelium.
Hagiwara H
Ital J Anat Embryol 1995;100 Suppl 1:451-9. PMID: 11322322

Clinical prediction guides

The genomic trajectory of ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma can be observed in STIC lesions.
Cheng Z, Ennis DP, Lu B, Mirza HB, Sokota C, Kaur B, Singh N, Le Saux O, Russo G, Giannone G, Tookman LA, Krell J, Barnes C, McDermott J, McNeish IA
J Pathol 2024 Sep;264(1):42-54. Epub 2024 Jul 2 doi: 10.1002/path.6322. PMID: 38956451
Primary Hepatic Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Laparoscopic Management.
Rajanbabu M, Ma K, Shuheibar H, Somoye G, Sirkeci F, Bandyopadhyay SK, Sheen AJ
J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2024 Mar;31(3):178-179. Epub 2023 Nov 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2023.11.017. PMID: 38030033
The effect of appendectomy in future tubal infertility and ectopic pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Elraiyah T, Hashim Y, Elamin M, Erwin PJ, Zarroug AE
J Surg Res 2014 Dec;192(2):368-374.e1. Epub 2014 Aug 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.08.017. PMID: 25303785
A steroid-cell tumor of the ovary resulting in massive androgen excess early in the gonadol steroidogenic pathway.
Stephens JW, Fielding A, Verdaguer R, Freites O
Gynecol Endocrinol 2008 Mar;24(3):151-3. doi: 10.1080/09513590801917106. PMID: 18335330
Diagnosing infertility in a district general hospital: a case-note and cost analysis.
Ojha K, Philips Z, Darne FJ
Hum Fertil (Camb) 2003 Nov;6(4):169-73. doi: 10.1080/1464770312331369443. PMID: 14614195

Recent systematic reviews

Isolated fallopian tube torsion: A systematic review of case reports.
Varghese S, Seldon Y, Raperport C, Rinne N, Patel K, Zaid RZ
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2024 May;296:140-147. Epub 2024 Feb 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.02.050. PMID: 38432020
The effect of appendectomy in future tubal infertility and ectopic pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Elraiyah T, Hashim Y, Elamin M, Erwin PJ, Zarroug AE
J Surg Res 2014 Dec;192(2):368-374.e1. Epub 2014 Aug 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.08.017. PMID: 25303785

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