Diseases

Salpingitis

Inflammation of the uterine salpinx, the trumpet-shaped FALLOPIAN TUBES, usually caused by ascending infections of organisms from the lower reproductive tract. Salpingitis can lead to tubal scarring, hydrosalpinx, tubal occlusion, INFERTILITY, and ectopic pregnancy (PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC)

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Inflammation of the uterine salpinx, the trumpet-shaped FALLOPIAN TUBES, usually caused by ascending infections of organisms from the lower reproductive tract. Salpingitis can lead to tubal scarring, hydrosalpinx, tubal occlusion, INFERTILITY, and ectopic pregnancy (PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC)

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  • Salpingitides

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. C12.050.351.500w.056.390.890w
  2. C12.050.351.500w.056.750w.875w
  3. C12.100w.250w.056.390.890w
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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Salpingitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012488. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012488
  2. Salpingitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salpingitis
  3. Salpingitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359892