Role of Diagnostic Laparoscopy in the Evaluation of Pelvic Adnexal Masses

In the female reproductive tract the differential diagnosis of pelvic mass is quite variable. Gynaecological masses can either arise from uterus or from the adnexa of uterus i.e. ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterine ligaments and associated blood and nerve supply1. While non gynaecological sources of pelvic masses are those arising from bladder, ureter, rectum, colon, blood vessels and nerves in the pelvis 2. The broad differential diagnosis of an adnexal mass includes lesions of infectious origin, such as a hydrosalpinx or tubo-ovarian mass,