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==Adenofibroma==
==Adenofibroma==
===General===
===General===
*Rare<ref name=pmid18580316>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bossuyt | first1 = V. | last2 = Medeiros | first2 = F. | last3 = Drapkin | first3 = R. | last4 = Folkins | first4 = AK. | last5 = Crum | first5 = CP. | last6 = Nucci | first6 = MR. | title = Adenofibroma of the fimbria: a common entity that is indistinguishable from ovarian adenofibroma. | journal = Int J Gynecol Pathol | volume = 27 | issue = 3 | pages = 390-7 | month = Jul | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181639a82 | PMID = 18580316 }}</ref>... but more frequently seen than in the past (as pathologists are looking more closely at the Fallopian tube).
*Rare.<ref name=pmid18580316>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bossuyt | first1 = V. | last2 = Medeiros | first2 = F. | last3 = Drapkin | first3 = R. | last4 = Folkins | first4 = AK. | last5 = Crum | first5 = CP. | last6 = Nucci | first6 = MR. | title = Adenofibroma of the fimbria: a common entity that is indistinguishable from ovarian adenofibroma. | journal = Int J Gynecol Pathol | volume = 27 | issue = 3 | pages = 390-7 | month = Jul | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181639a82 | PMID = 18580316 }}</ref>
**More frequently seen than in the past -- presumably as pathologists are looking more closely at the Fallopian tube.
*Cannot be disguished from ovarian adenofibroma.<ref name=pmid18580316/>
*Cannot be disguished from ovarian adenofibroma.<ref name=pmid18580316/>


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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid18580316/>
*Stroma + glandular elements.
*Stroma + glandular elements.
**Glandular elements: secretory cells and ciliated cells.<ref name=pmid18580316/>
**Glandular elements: secretory cells and ciliated cells.


===IHC===
===IHC===
Stroma<ref name=pmid18580316/>  
Features:
*CD10.
*Stroma:<ref name=pmid18580316/>  
*Inhibin positive.
**CD10 +ve.
**Inhibin +ve.
 
==Salpingitis isthmica nodosa==
===General===
*[[AKA]] ''adenosalpingitis'',<ref>Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 27th Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.</ref> and ''diverticulosis of the Fallopian tubes''.<ref>URL: [http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iv_2/s/salpingitis_isthmica_nodosa.aspx http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iv_2/s/salpingitis_isthmica_nodosa.aspx]. Accessed on: 28 July 2010.</ref>
*Abbreviated ''SIN''.
*Associated with infertility and ectopic pregnancy.<ref name=pmid8405510>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jenkins | first1 = CS. | last2 = Williams | first2 = SR. | last3 = Schmidt | first3 = GE. | title = Salpingitis isthmica nodosa: a review of the literature, discussion of clinical significance, and consideration of patient management. | journal = Fertil Steril | volume = 60 | issue = 4 | pages = 599-607 | month = Oct | year = 1993 | doi =  | PMID = 8405510 }}
</ref>
 
Diagnosis (clinical):
*hysterosalpingography.<ref>URL: [http://radiology.rsna.org/content/154/3/597.abstract http://radiology.rsna.org/content/154/3/597.abstract]. Accessed on: 28 July 2010.</ref>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid19679986>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chawla | first1 = N. | last2 = Kudesia | first2 = S. | last3 = Azad | first3 = S. | last4 = Singhal | first4 = M. | last5 = Rai | first5 = SM. | title = Salpingitis isthmica nodosa. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 52 | issue = 3 | pages = 434-5 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.4103/0377-4929.55019 | PMID = 19679986 }}</ref>
*Nodular thickening of the tunica muscularis of the isthmic portion.
*Cystically dilated glands.
*+/-Complete obliteration of tubal lumen.


==See also==
==See also==