Unilateral Partial Absence of the Fallopian Tube in a Female Patient With Infertility: A Case Report and Literature Review

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2023 Feb 1

PMID 36721610

Authors

Hiroaki Soyama

Satomi Okuguchi

Takayoshi Yoshida

Fumiaki Taniguchi

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Abstract

Unilateral partial absence of the fallopian tube is rare, and its clinical importance in fertility is unclear. A 35-year-old nulligravid female patient with infertility was suspected to have a left hydrosalpinx on hysterosalpingography and sonography. Therefore, the patient underwent diagnostic laparoscopy. The left fallopian tube lacked the ampullary portion, and its proximal end had a hydrosalpinx. A left salpingectomy was performed, and the pathological finding was a unilateral partial absence of the ampullary portion of the fallopian tube with hydrosalpinx. Postoperatively, she conceived via in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer-and delivered a healthy baby. Hydrosalpinx is a well-known cause of infertility and can develop due to the partial absence of a fallopian tube. Furthermore, salpingectomy may be effective in improving fertility in female patients with a unilateral partial absence of the fallopian tube.

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