Pyosalpinx
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Pyosalpinx refers to a Fallopian tube that is filled, and often distended, with pus.
Pathology
A pyosalpinx often tends to be a complication of background pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Inflammation results in tubal and peritubal adhesions with superimposed obstruction of the fimbrial end. Pyosalpinx can be a component of a tubo-ovarian abscess. Being unable to drain, the fallopian tube distends with pus, resulting in a pyosalpinx.
Radiographic features
A pyosalpinx may be seen as a thickened fallopian tube and may or may not be associated with debris. The Fallopian tube may be distended.
Ultrasound
- dilated serpentine/tubular structure in the pelvis
- low-level echoes due to the higher protein content of the debris within the tube distinguish a pyosalpinx from a hydrosalpinx 4,6
MRI
Morphological appearances of a pyosalpinx can sometimes be be indistinct from simple uncomplicated tubal dilatation (hydrosalpinx) 1. As opposed to a simple hydrosalpinx, in pyosalpinx the tube wall may appear thickened 3 and have hyperenhancing tubal walls with surrounding inflammation.
Signal characteristics within the tubular lumen have been described as 5
- T1: variable due to varying protein content
- T2: often hyperintense, with characteristic amorphous shading
- T1 C+ (Gd): thick rim enhancement
- DWI/ADC: restricted diffusion in the fallopian tube
See also
-</ul><h5>MRI</h5><p>Morphological appearances of a pyosalpinx can sometimes be be indistinct from simple uncomplicated tubal dilatation (<a href="/articles/hydrosalpinx">hydrosalpinx</a>) <sup>1</sup>. As opposed to a simple hydrosalpinx, in pyosalpinx the tube wall may appear thickened <sup>3</sup> and have hyperenhancing tubal walls with surrounding inflammation.</p><p>Signal characteristics within the tubular lumen have been described as <sup>5</sup></p><ul>- +</ul><h5>MRI</h5><p>Morphological appearances of a pyosalpinx can sometimes be indistinct from simple uncomplicated tubal dilatation (<a href="/articles/hydrosalpinx">hydrosalpinx</a>) <sup>1</sup>. As opposed to a simple hydrosalpinx, in pyosalpinx the tube wall may appear thickened <sup>3</sup> and have hyperenhancing tubal walls with surrounding inflammation.</p><p>Signal characteristics within the tubular lumen have been described as <sup>5</sup></p><ul>
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