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Fallopian tubes
Salpingitis
Foreign body salpingitis
Revised: 18 December 2018
Copyright: (c) 2002-2018, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Fallopian tubes salpingitis foreign body
Related topics: Acute salpingitis, chronic salpingitis, granulomatous salpingitis, ligneous salpingitis, pseudoxanthomatous salpingitis, salpingitis specific causes, xanthogranulomatous salpingitis
Salpingitis
Foreign body salpingitis
Author: Nicole Riddle, M.D.
Senior Author: Jamie Shutter, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 March 2013
Revised: 18 December 2018
Copyright: (c) 2002-2018, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Fallopian tubes salpingitis foreign body
Related topics: Acute salpingitis, chronic salpingitis, granulomatous salpingitis, ligneous salpingitis, pseudoxanthomatous salpingitis, salpingitis specific causes, xanthogranulomatous salpingitis
Cite this page: Riddle N, Shutter J. Foreign body salpingitis. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/fallopiantubesforeignbody.html. Accessed July 23rd, 2019.
Etiology
- Due to lubricant jelly, mineral oil, radiographic contrast media, starch, talc; rarely typhlitis (J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2001;23:253)
- Note: lipoid granulomas may also occur with gonococcal or TB salpingitis
Gross description
- Yellow or chocolate brown resembling endometriosis
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Foamy histiocytes (if due to lipid), foreign body giant cell reaction extending to serosa
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