Patient selection: female with infertility or subfertility
Causes of infertility associated with a disorder of the fallopian tube:
(1) Chlamydia trachomatis, which can cause symptomatic salpingiits, asymptomatic salpingitis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
(2) Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(3) other causes of pelvic inflammatory disease
(4) postoperative or surgical adhesions
(5) urogenital schistosomiasis
Clinical findings may include:
(1) chronic pelvic pain
(2) paratubal adhesions with or without pelvic adhesions
(3) hydrosalpinx
(4) pyosalpinx
(5) ectopic pregnancy
Distortion, damage to and/or luminal occlusion of the tubes can be demonstrated on imaging studies (hysterosalpingography, hystersonography, other).
