Pseudomyxoma peritonei: a rare differential diagnosis of hydrosalpinx.
OBJECTIVE
To establish the diagnosis of a right hydrosalpinx in a woman with primary infertility.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery, academic medical center and teaching hospital.


METHODS
A healthy 41-year-old woman with a history of primary infertility and a possible right hydrosalpinx.


METHODS
Operative laparoscopy, disconnection of right hydrosalpinx, peritoneal biopsies.


METHODS
Establishment of diagnosis with peritoneal biopsies.


RESULTS
The patient was diagnosed with peritoneal pseudomyxoma peritonei, which required further treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Malignancies, although rare, should always be part of the differential diagnosis of external causes of tubal disease.
Bocca
Silvina Maria
SM
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. boccas@evms.edu
Perry
Roger
R
Oehninger
Sergio
S
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011553:Pseudomyxoma Peritonei / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery