Tubal Diseases

S. Guerriero, S. Ajossa, Valentina Corda, M. Perniciano, A. Piras, Alessandra Cappai
In: Managing Ultrasonography in Human Reproduction · 2016 · pp. 29–42 · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41037-1_3 · W4252067531
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Pelvic inflammatory disease can lead to hydrosalpinx or pyosalpinx when fluid or abscesses accumulate within the fallopian tubes, affecting one or both.

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This chapter overviews tubal inflammatory disease in the pelvis, focusing on pelvic inflammatory disease and related sonographic diagnoses such as hydrosalpinx and pyosalpinx, which can involve one or both fallopian tubes. It synthesizes evidence on how transvaginal ultrasound and Doppler approaches can detect and characterize tubal pathology, including diagnostic accuracy studies and technical descriptions (e.g., probe use and 3D rendering). The key finding across the chapter is that imaging markers can support identification of tubal inflammatory disease and distinguish it from other adnexal masses, while outcomes in fertility contexts (notably IVF) are repeatedly linked to hydrosalpinx presence and characteristics. A major caveat is that the chapter is not a single original study and does not quantify diagnostic performance uniformly, instead relying on heterogeneous prior studies and reviews. Relevance to endometriosis: the paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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