Case Report

Isolated torsion of tuba: Case Report

  • Hasniye Çelik Acioglu
  • Ayse Yasemin Karageyim Karsidag
  • Esra Esim Büyükbayrak
  • Bülent Kars
  • Sevinç Keser
  • Orhan Ünal
  • Cem Turan

Turk J Obstet Gynecol 2010;7(2):66-69

Isolated torsion of tuba (ITT) is a rare cause of acute lower abdominal pain. It is an emergency event and a difficult condition to evaluate clinically. Prompt recognition is desirable in order to avoid irreversible infarction, however pain as the only constant sign, diagnosis is often delayed and rare pre-operatively. It is often a clinical entity of reproductive age women with the incidence of 1/1.5 million. Laparoscopic intervention can be of great value not only by aiding accurate diagnosis but also by providing immediate successful management.  We present 20 years old women with left lower abdominal pain diagnosed as isolated torsion of fallopian tube per-operatively. We also discuss diagnostic contradictions of this clinicall entity with current literature.

Keywords: Fallopion tube, torsion, laparoscopy; abdominal pain