title: Isolated fallopian tube torsion: a rare but important event for women of reproductive age.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report two cases of isolated fallopian tubal torsion that emphasize the rarity and difficult of diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A district general hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report two cases of hematosalpinx due to torsion of the fallopian tube. The symptoms were not specific; both patients had acute lower abdominal pain. The first diagnosis in both cases was a torsion of a pelvic complex mass like a tumor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laparoscopy is necessary, but often surgery is performed too late to preserve the tube.
  
  
  METHODS
  Resolution of symptoms with preservation of fertility.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both patients had the tube removed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early diagnosis and surgical intervention is mandatory when isolated fallopian tube torsion is suspected, particularly in a nulliparous young woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Infermi Hospital, Rimini, Italy. giuseppe_comerci@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Comerci
authors.forename: Filippo Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stefanetti
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grazia
mesh_terms: D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D018456:Reproductive Medicine; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*