Sunday, October 23, 2011

INTRODUCTION TO SALPINGITIS & SALPINGO-OOPHORITIS




Salpingitis
Classification & external resources
Fallopian tubes labeled at top center



DEFINISI :

  • Salpingitis : infeksi dan inflamasi di fallopian tube.
  • Salpingo-oophoritis : infeksi dan inflamasi di fallopian tube dan ovary(unilateral @ bilateral) atau tuboovarian abscess.


Extra : Salpingitis is an infection and inflammation in the fallopian tubes. It is often used synonymously with PID (Pelvic Inflammatory disease), although PID lacks an accurate definition and can refer to several diseases of the female upper genital tract, such as endometritis, oophoritis, myometritis, parametritis and infection in the pelvic peritoneum[1] . In contrast, salpingitis only refers to infection and inflammation in the fallopian tubes
 
PID :-  Oophoritis; Salpingitis; Salpingo-oophoritis; Salpingo-peritonitis

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