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Inflammatory process of the pelvis, or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), is a frequent and serious yet treatable disease that can lead to abscess formation or pelvic fluid accumulation. When the abscess or the fluid remains into the tube, the pathology was called hydrosalpinx or pyosalpinx [1]. The condition can affect one or both fallopian tubes.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cagliari, Policlinico Universitario Duilio Casula, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

    Stefano Guerriero, Maura Perniciano, Alba Piras & Alessandra Cappai

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cagliari, University Hospital Duilio Casula, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

    Silvia Ajossa & Valentina Corda

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Visualization of incomplete septa (AVI 8905 kb)

Another case of visualization of incomplete septa (AVI 2188 kb)

Visualization of “beads-on-a-string” sign, small hyperechoic mural nodules seen on the cross section of the fluid-filled distended structure (AVI 19140 kb)

Visualization of tubo-ovarian complex (AVI 3567 kb)

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Guerriero, S., Ajossa, S., Corda, V., Perniciano, M., Piras, A., Cappai, A. (2017). Tubal Diseases. In: Guerriero, S., Martins, W., Alcazar, J. (eds) Managing Ultrasonography in Human Reproduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41037-1_3

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