title: Bilateral interruption of mid-fallopian tubes and ovarian anomalies including ectopic ovary and cystic teratoma, a previously unreported combination.
abstract: A 25-year-old infertile woman underwent laparoscopy because of a dermoid cyst of the left ovary and was found to have an ectopic ovary, to which an abnormal right fimbria was connected, with an isolated right ovary in the normal position and the bilateral segmental absence of the middle portion of the fallopian tubes. The complex of these anomalies is rare. A fundamental error might have existed in the mesenchyme of the gonadal ridges of the early embryo, rather than the epithelial origin of the müllerian and wolffian ducts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Sachie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: Haruki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Udagawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010053:Ovary / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery