Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 967-968, February 2010

Autoamputated adnexa presents as a peritoneal loose body

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Received 22 January 2009; received in revised form 7 February 2009; accepted 4 March 2009. published online 27 April 2009.

We report a case of unilateral adnexal absence with a peritoneal loose body. Laparoscopic findings and medical history suggested that she had adnexal torsion in her childhood followed by its calcification and autoamputation.

Key Words: Peritoneal loose body, unilateral adnexal absence, auto amputation, torsion, hysterosalpingography, tubal obstruction

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 K.K. has nothing to disclose. H.H. has nothing to disclose. Y.O. has nothing to disclose. M.N. has nothing to disclose. T.Y. has nothing to disclose. Y.T. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00603-7

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.038

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 967-968, February 2010

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