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World J Clin Cases. Nov 16, 2014; 2(11): 724-727
Published online Nov 16, 2014. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i11.724
Published online Nov 16, 2014. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v2.i11.724
Acute abdomen in pregnancy due to isolated Fallopian tube torsion: The laparoscopic treatment of a rare case
Zacharoula Sidiropoulou, General Surgery Department, Hospital São Francisco Xavier-CHLO, 1449-005 Lisbon, Portugal
António Setúbal, Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Hospital da Luz, 1500-650 Lisbon, Portugal
Author contributions: The authors have reviewed the paper and consent fully to its publication.
Correspondence to: Dr. Zacharoula Sidiropoulou, MD, MSc, General Surgery Department, Hospital São Francisco Xavier-CHLO, Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque, 1449-005 Lisbon, Portugal. zachsidmd@gmail.com
Received: April 3, 2014
Revised: June 27, 2014
Accepted: October 1, 2014
Published online: November 16, 2014
Processing time: 221 Days and 10.4 Hours
Revised: June 27, 2014
Accepted: October 1, 2014
Published online: November 16, 2014
Processing time: 221 Days and 10.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Authors describe a very rare case of acute abdomen due to isolated Fallopian tube torsion in a 24th weeks pregnant woman, managed by laparoscopic salpingectomy. In all literature the most recent estimation for its incidence dates from 1970, when Hansen estimated 1 per 1.5 million women to have isolated Fallopian tube torsion in Denmark. And since 1933 only 25 cases of Fallopian tube torsion in pregnant women were described.