Pseudomyxoma peritonei: a rare differential diagnosis of hydrosalpinx

• Published in: Fertility and sterility Vol. 84; no. 4; pp. 1017.e1 - 1017.e2
• Main Authors: Bocca, Silvina Maria, Perry, Roger, Oehninger, Sergio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2005; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Abdomen; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Diagnosis, Differential; Fallopian Tube Diseases - diagnosis; Fallopian Tube Diseases - surgery; Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; hydrosalpinx; Infertility; Medical sciences; Other diseases. Semiology; pseudomyxoma peritonei; Pseudomyxoma Peritonei - diagnosis; Pseudomyxoma Peritonei - surgery; pseudomyxoma peritonei; hydrosalpinx; Infertility; Fertility; Hydrosalpinx; Abdominal disease; Differential diagnostic; Pseudomyxoma peritonei
• ISSN: 0015-0282; 1556-5653
• DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.016

To establish the diagnosis of a right hydrosalpinx in a woman with primary infertility. Case report. Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery, academic medical center and teaching hospital. A healthy 41-year-old woman with a history of primary infertility and a possible right hydrosalpinx. Operative laparoscopy, disconnection of right hydrosalpinx, peritoneal biopsies. Establishment of diagnosis with peritoneal biopsies. The patient was diagnosed with peritoneal pseudomyxoma peritonei, which required further treatment. Malignancies, although rare, should always be part of the differential diagnosis of external causes of tubal disease.