Tubal histopathology in ectopic pregnancies

A histopathologic study in eighty six patients with ectopic pregnancy and in eighty six control patients was undertaken to evaluate the association between ectopic pregnancy and tubal pathology in our population. Fifty six (65%) and nine (10.4%) cases with chronic salpingitis (CS) were diagnosed in the study group and in the control group, respectively. This difference was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Twelve of 56 cases with chronic salpingitis were salpingitis isthmica nodosa (SIN) and no patient with SIN was observed in the control group. SIN was always concomittant with chronic salpingitis in our study. Based on these findings, we concluded that chronic salpingitis and SIN have an important role in the etiology of ectopic pregnancy in our population and SIN is significantly associated with chronic salpingitis.