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Congenital interruption of the ampullary portion of the fallopian tube.

Dahan MH, Burney R, Lathi R

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. mdahan@stanford.edu

We present a rare case of a congenital isolated missing segment of the fallopian tube, including hysterosalpingographic and laparoscopic images. We conclude that when this occurs without concomitant müllerian anomalies, the mechanism of development would not be expected to be associated with an increase in renal abnormalities.

Published 8 June 2006 in Fertil Steril, 85(6): 1820-1.
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