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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Diagnostic dilemma of isolated fallopian tube torsion.

Michael Gerard Baracy, Janie Hu, Holly Ouillette, Muhammad Faisal Aslam

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael Gerard BaracyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ascension St John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA Michael.Baracy@ascension.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-3541
Janie HuSchool of Medicine, St Georges University, True Blue, Grenada.
Holly OuilletteDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ascension St John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Muhammad Faisal AslamDepartment of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Ascension St John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
St. John Hospital & Medical Center · USSt. George's University · GD

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paratubal cysts are fluid-filled sacs that grow adjacent to the fallopian tube which can rarely result in torsion. Isolated fallopian tube torsion (IFTT) is a gynaecological emergency that warrants urgent laparoscopic detorsion to salvage the affected tube. IFTT has a proclivity to affect adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years and is rarely seen in premenarchal or perimenopausal women. Due to a lack of pathognomonical features, IFTT is difficult to diagnose. Adnexal torsion, including IFTT is a surgical diagnosis and no clinical or imaging criteria is sufficient to diagnose IFTT. Urgent laparoscopy and detorsion are required for preservation of the affected fallopian tube. However, given the diagnostic ambiguity, IFTT diagnosis is often delayed. IFTT should be included in the differential diagnoses for adolescent patients with acute abdomen when imaging demonstrates a normal appendix and ovaries. We report a 15-year-old girl with a 4-day history of abdominopelvic pain and bilateral paratubal cysts resulting in right IFTT.

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Abdomen, AcuteFallopian Tube DiseasesLaparoscopyAdolescentChildFallopian TubesFemaleHumansTorsion Abnormalitygeneral surgerygynaecology and fertilityobstetricspaediatric surgeryreproductive medicineultrasonography

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PMID34257117
PMCPMC8278918
OpenAlexW3178283411

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