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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==

Revision as of 03:23, 29 July 2010

Uterine tubes, aka Fallopian tubes, serve as a connection the ovary and uterus. It is where fertilization usually takes place.

This was ignored in the past... current thinking is that it may be the real culprit in what is often labeled as "ovarian cancer".[1]

Normal

  • Finger-like projections into the lumen.
  • Cilia.
  • Have peg cells...

Adenofibroma

General

  • Rare.[2]
    • More frequently seen than in the past -- presumably as pathologists are looking more closely at the Fallopian tube.
  • Cannot be disguished from ovarian adenofibroma.[2]

Gross

  • Solid, nodular.

Microscopic

Features:[2]

  • Stroma + glandular elements.
    • Glandular elements: secretory cells and ciliated cells.

IHC

Features:

  • Stroma:[2]
    • CD10 +ve.
    • Inhibin +ve.

Salpingitis isthmica nodosa

General

  • AKA adenosalpingitis,[3] and diverticulosis of the Fallopian tubes.[4]
  • Abbreviated SIN.
  • Associated with infertility and ectopic pregnancy.[5]

Diagnosis (clinical):

  • hysterosalpingography.[6]

Microscopic

Features:[7]

  • Nodular thickening of the tunica muscularis of the isthmic portion.
  • Cystically dilated glands.
  • +/-Complete obliteration of tubal lumen.

See also

References

  1. Hirst, JE.; Gard, GB.; McIllroy, K.; Nevell, D.; Field, M. (Jul 2009). "High rates of occult fallopian tube cancer diagnosed at prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.". Int J Gynecol Cancer 19 (5): 826-9. doi:10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a1b5dc. PMID 19574767.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bossuyt, V.; Medeiros, F.; Drapkin, R.; Folkins, AK.; Crum, CP.; Nucci, MR. (Jul 2008). "Adenofibroma of the fimbria: a common entity that is indistinguishable from ovarian adenofibroma.". Int J Gynecol Pathol 27 (3): 390-7. doi:10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181639a82. PMID 18580316.
  3. Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 27th Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  4. URL: http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iv_2/s/salpingitis_isthmica_nodosa.aspx. Accessed on: 28 July 2010.
  5. Jenkins, CS.; Williams, SR.; Schmidt, GE. (Oct 1993). "Salpingitis isthmica nodosa: a review of the literature, discussion of clinical significance, and consideration of patient management.". Fertil Steril 60 (4): 599-607. PMID 8405510.
  6. URL: http://radiology.rsna.org/content/154/3/597.abstract. Accessed on: 28 July 2010.
  7. Chawla, N.; Kudesia, S.; Azad, S.; Singhal, M.; Rai, SM.. "Salpingitis isthmica nodosa.". Indian J Pathol Microbiol 52 (3): 434-5. doi:10.4103/0377-4929.55019. PMID 19679986.