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Fallopian tube prolapse after abdominal hysterectomy. 1980

J D Thomson

Prolapse of a Fallopian tube through the vaginal vault following abdominal hysterectomy is a rare complication. A case is described in which the patient presented with a spurious symptom and which illustrates certain characteristic features of the condition with regard to aetiology and clinical findings.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007044	Hysterectomy	Excision of the uterus.	Hysterectomies
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011391	Prolapse	The protrusion of an organ or part of an organ into a natural or artificial orifice.	Prolapses
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005184	Fallopian Tube Diseases	Diseases involving the FALLOPIAN TUBES including neoplasms (FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS); SALPINGITIS; tubo-ovarian abscess; and blockage.	Tubal Obstruction,Disease, Fallopian Tube,Diseases, Fallopian Tube,Fallopian Tube Disease,Obstruction, Tubal,Obstructions, Tubal,Tubal Obstructions
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