• Review the spectrum of fallopian tube pathology & comorbid disease
• Discuss the role of multimodality imaging in the diagnosis of fallopian tube pathology
• Review image-guided and surgical interventions for fallopian tube disease
Table of Contents/Outline
• Schematic review of fallopian tube anatomy
• Typical imaging appearance of the fallopian tube on ultrasound/CT/MRI/HSG
• Spectrum of fallopian tube disease with case examples including:
Torsion
Tuboovarian abscess
Ectopic pregnancy
Infertility
Neoplasm - primary fallopian tube cancer, the connection with BRCA and metastatic disease
• Image guided interventions for fallopian tube disease including:
HSG evaluation of fallopian tube patency for desired fertility
Transcervical occlusion of fallopian tubes for desired sterility
Draining tuboovarian abscesses
Controlling hemorrhage - postsurgical/ectopic
• Surgical intervention for fallopian tube pathology & postsurgical imaging
Prosper, A,
Earhart, C,
Walker, D,
The Fallopian Tubes: Spectrum of Disease, Multimodality Imaging, and Interventions. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14016798.html