Complete absence of fallopian tube and adjacent ovary in a fertile patient

Year 2017, Volume: 34 Issue: 2, 129 - 131, 08.09.2017

Hasan Onur Topçu , Alev Esercan Mahmut Kuntay Kokanali Esma Sarikaya Ozlem Evliyaoglu

Abstract

Complete or partial absence of fallopian tube and ovary is a rare incidental finding

usually in infertile patient. This report focuses on a fertile patient taken to

diagnostic laparoscopy for missing intrauterine device of extrauterine location.

Complete absence of right fallopian tube and ovary was found incidentally.

Keywords

Absence of fallopian tube , Absence of ovary , Missing intrauterine device

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