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Fallopian tube cancer is very rare. It accounts for less than 1% of all cancers of the female reproductive organs. Only 1,500 to 2,000 cases have been reported worldwide, primarily in postmenopausal women.
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Fallopian tube damage is a common cause of ectopic pregnancy. A damaged fallopian tube can block the fertilized egg's path to the uterus, causing it to implant and grow in the tube.
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fallopian tube (fa-LO-pee-in)
Part of the female reproductive tract. There are two long slender fallopian tubes through which eggs pass from the ovaries to the uterus.
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FALLOPIAN TUBES: Part of the female reproductive system. A pair of ducts opening at one end into the uterus and at the other end into the peritoneal cavity, over the ovary.
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fallopian tube. A slender duct that connects the ovary to the uterus. The fallopian tubes are the site where the sperm fertilizes the egg.
femoral artery. The primary vessel carrying blood to the legs.
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Fallopian tubes. Some DES daughters have fallopian tube abnormalities that lead toinfertility.
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The Fallopian tubes: These delicate structures enable the sperm to reach the egg and the fertilized egg to reach the uterus. If they are blocked or damaged fertility will be reduced. Surgery can sometimes fix the tubes.
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The fallopian tubes and ovaries are normally protected by the acidic vagina, the mucous plug of the cervix, and cilia in the uterus and fallopian tubes.
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Uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries (in women)
Kidneys, ureters, and bladder ...
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Conceptus fallopian tube catheterization system Indicated for diagnosis of fallopian tube disorders. Mfg/Source: Conceptus, Inc.; marketed in U.S. by Mallinckrodt Group - 09/16/96.
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Closing of the fallopian tubes almost always results in lifelong sterilization. It is a very reliable form of birth control.
Blocking of the tubes may also help to prevent a serious infection called pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
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By altering the fallopian tubes (the tubes through which eggs move from the ovaries to the uterus) so that they cannot effectively move eggs toward the uterus ...
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Pelvic exam: An exam of the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and rectum.
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Like gonorrhea, it is highly destructive to the tubes (the fallopian tubes), the conduits through which the eggs voyage from the ovary to the womb.
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From there it can spread to the uterus and fallopian tubes and cause pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, or infertility. Other complications, in both sexes, include infection of the joints, heart valves, and brain.
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If the egg is fertilized by a sperm cell as it travels down the fallopian tube, then pregnancy occurs and it becomes attached to the lining of the uterus until the placenta (an organ, shaped like a flat cake, ...
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The sperm can survive for up to three days once it enters the fallopian tube. The egg survives 12 to 24 hours unless it is fertilized by a sperm.
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However, spotting may also signify an impending miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy that implants outside the uterus, usually in the fallopian tubes, which are organs that transport the egg from the ovary to the uterus).
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An intersex condition in which there appears some male structures (gonad, testis), as well as a uterus, vagina, and fallopian tubes.
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
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It is usually necessary to remove the ovaries, the Fallopian tubes and the womb during the operation
chemotherapy - this is the use of special anti-cancer drugs to treat ovarian cancer.
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It occurs when tissue like that which lines the uterus (tissue called the endometrium) is found outside the uterus -- usually in the abdomen on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and ligaments that support the uterus; ...
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Surgery is usually needed to remove an ectopic pregnancy and repair or remove the damaged fallopian tube. It must be done even if the tube has not burst.
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during menstruation, some of the endometrial tissue backs up through the fallopian tubes into the abdomen
genetics play a role, with some families being more prone to endometriosis ...
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Each month, during the menstrual cycle, an egg is released from one ovary. The egg travels from the ovary through a fallopian tube to the uterus.
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The child has external female genitalia but no internal female genitalia (no fallopian tubes, uterus or upper two-thirds of the vagina).
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The organs inside of the body that are located within the confines of the pelvis. This includes the bladder and rectum in both sexes and the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes in females.
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venereal diseases for which statistics are kept in the United States, gonorrhea is the most common. It is caused by Gonococcus bacteria, and its symptoms range from a mild discharge to a widespread infection affecting the joints, the Fallopian tubes ...
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