Xanthogranulomatous salpingitis and oophoritis - A case report and review of the literature

Authors
Gray, Y Libbey, NP
Citation
Y. Gray et Np. Libbey, Xanthogranulomatous salpingitis and oophoritis - A case report and review of the literature, ARCH PATH L, 125(2), 2001, pp. 260-263
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
ARCHIVES OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE
ISSN journal
00039985 → ACNP
Volume
125
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
260 - 263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9985(200102)125:2<260:XSAO-A>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A case of xanthogranulomatous salpingitis and oophoritis in a 47-year-old w oman is presented. Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is an uncommon form of chronic inflammation that is destructive to affected organs; it is characte rized by the presence of lipid-filled macrophages with admired lymphocytes, plasma cells, and neutrophils. Only a few cases of xanthogranulomatous sal pingitis and oophoritis have been reported to date. The case presented here is associated with Escherichia coli infection, endometriosis, and an intra uterine device.