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Pathologic quiz case: an incidental finding in the fallopian tube. Fallopian tube, left, tubal ligation: metaplastic papillary tumor of fallopian tube. 2003

Alyson C Solomon, and Peter J Chen, and Virginia A LiVolsi

Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002291	Carcinoma, Papillary	A malignant neoplasm characterized by the formation of numerous, irregular, finger-like projections of fibrous stroma that is covered with a surface layer of neoplastic epithelial cells. (Stedman, 25th ed)	Carcinomas, Papillary,Papillary Carcinoma,Papillary Carcinomas
D005185	Fallopian Tube Neoplasms	Benign or malignant neoplasms of the FALLOPIAN TUBES. They are uncommon. If they develop, they may be located in the wall or within the lumen as a growth attached to the wall by a stalk.	Cancer of the Fallopian Tube,Fallopian Tube Cancer,Cancer, Fallopian Tube,Cancers, Fallopian Tube,Fallopian Tube Cancers,Fallopian Tube Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Fallopian Tube,Neoplasms, Fallopian Tube
D005187	Fallopian Tubes	A pair of highly specialized canals extending from the UTERUS to its corresponding OVARY. They provide the means for OVUM transport from the ovaries and they are the site of the ovum's final maturation and FERTILIZATION. The fallopian tube consists of an interstitium, an isthmus, an ampulla, an infundibulum, and fimbriae. Its wall consists of three layers: serous, muscular, and an internal mucosal layer lined with both ciliated and secretory cells.	Oviducts, Mammalian,Salpinges, Uterine,Salpinx, Uterine,Uterine Salpinges,Uterine Salpinx,Fallopian Tube,Uterine Tubes,Mammalian Oviduct,Mammalian Oviducts,Oviduct, Mammalian,Tube, Fallopian,Tube, Uterine,Tubes, Fallopian,Tubes, Uterine,Uterine Tube
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013246	Sterilization, Tubal	Procedures that render the female sterile by interrupting the flow in the FALLOPIAN TUBE. These procedures generally are surgical, and may also use chemicals or physical means.	Ligation, Tubal,Tubal Ligation,Aldridge Procedure,Chemical Tubal Occlusion,Cooke Method,Cornual Coagulation,Fimbriectomy,Irving Method,Kroener Fimbriectomy,Kroener Method,Madlener Method,Nonchemical Tubal Occlusion,Occlusion, Chemical Tubal,Occlusion, Nonchemical Tubal,Pomeroy Method,Pomeroy Sterilization,Tubal Occlusion,Tubal Occlusion, Chemical,Tubal Occlusion, Nonchemical,Tubal Rings,Uchida Method,Chemical Tubal Occlusions,Coagulations, Cornual,Cornual Coagulations,Fimbriectomies,Fimbriectomy, Kroener,Ligations, Tubal,Nonchemical Tubal Occlusions,Ring, Tubal,Rings, Tubal,Sterilization, Pomeroy,Sterilizations, Tubal,Tubal Ligations,Tubal Occlusions,Tubal Occlusions, Chemical,Tubal Occlusions, Nonchemical,Tubal Ring,Tubal Sterilization,Tubal Sterilizations
D049590	Postpartum Period	In females, the period that is shortly after giving birth (PARTURITION).	Puerperium,Postpartum,Postpartum Women,Period, Postpartum,Women, Postpartum