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DOUGLAS F. BRADY, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1961;82(2):329-330.

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Torsion of a fallopian tube is in itself a rare occurrence and is seldom diagnosed preoperatively. Its occurrence in a situation where previous surgery, concomitant pregnancy, or some other type of preexisting pathologic change is not a factor comprises a still smaller subgroup and is the type of situation under consideration in this report.

Articles pertaining to this subject which were available for review give a fairly comprehensive background with which to compare our report. Sandler,¹ in his review of the literature, notes that Bland and Sutton in 1890 first reported this entity in this country. Out of 14 cases cited by Sandier, only 1 case occurred in a previously normal tube as an isolated structure, in 1 other, the tube and ovary twisted en masse, and in 2 cases the normal tubes that twisted did so during or immediately after intrauterine pregnancy. In the rest, benign and malignant . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BELLEFONTE, PA.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 24, 1960.

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