Isolated Fallopian Tube Torsion in Pregnancy: An Uncommon Event

Abstract

Isolated torsion of a fallopian tube in the third trimester of pregnancy is an uncommon event. Expedient diagnosis warrant a prompt management in view of better postoperative well-being for both mother and the fetus. Therefore, it can be challenging because the symptoms are relatively non specific. The ultrasound findings may be suggestive but the diagnosis is only made after the surgical exploration and histopathology.We present a case of isolated tubal torsion in a primigravida occurring in the third trimester managed by laparotomic salpingectomy.

Acute abdomen in a term pregnancy due to isolated tubal torsion

“…Approximately 31 isolated tubal torsion cases during pregnancy seem to have been reported from 1936 till today in English literatures. [5][6][7][8] This case doesn't have any previously known etiological factors, but in the preoperative observation there was a cyst of Morgagni on the right side. Morgagni's cysts are Wolffian duct remnants located at the ends of the Fallopian tubes.…”