Tobacco pouch appearance: HSG sign of tubercular salphingitis.

Autor: Agarwal, Surabhi, Chaturvedi, Pragya, Yadav, Priyank, Lal, Hira
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Zdroj: Abdominal Radiology; Mar2021, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p1283-1285, 3p
Abstrakt: When such obstruction occurs in distal ampulla, HSG shows terminal hydrosalpinx with distal conical narrowing and patent proximal tubal orifice resembling a closed tobacco pouch: the so-called I tobacco pouch i appearance (Fig. The "tobacco pouch" appearance is a classic imaging sign seen on hysterosalpingogram (HSG) images in 25-50% of cases of genital tuberculosis (TB) [[1]]. The conical narrowing is due to ampullary obstruction and fimbrial eversion secondary to adhesions and the terminal hydrosalpinx represents disproportionate dilatation of the club-shaped ampullary end of fallopian tubes. [Extracted from the article]
Databáze: Complementary Index