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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BioMedCentral Case report BMC2001Pregnancy, and Childbirth 1 :5 Twisted fallopian tube in pregnancy: a case report Vorapong Phupong * and Praguypruek Intharasakda Address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Rama IV Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand E-mail: Vorapong Phupong* - vorapong.p@chula.ac.th; Praguypruek Intharasakda - praguypruek@ *Corresponding author Published: 5 November 2001 Received: 27 September 2001 Accepted: 5 November 2001 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2001, 1:5 This article is available from: /1471-2393/1/5 ? 2001 Phupong and Intharasakda; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in any medium for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the articles original URL. For commercial use, contact info@biomedcen- Abstract Background: Isolated twisted fallopian tube is an uncommon event, isolated twisted fallopian tube in pregnancy is also very rare. The diagnosis is often difficult and established during the operation. The right fallopian tube is most common affected. Case presentation: We report an uncommon twisted left fallopian tube in pregnancy. A 34-year- old G3P2 28 weeks pregnant woman presented with acute left lower abdominal pain. The clinical and ultrasonographic findings led to diagnosis of twisted left ovarian cyst. Emergency exploratory laparotomy was performed. A twisted left fallopian tube and paratubal cyst was noted and left salpingectomy was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful and the pregnancy continued until term without complication. Conclusions: Although isolated twisted fallopian tube during pregnancy is very rare, it should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in pregnancy. Early surgical intervention will decrease obstetric morbidity and may allow preserv