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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0300-9041</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ginecología y obstetricia de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ginecol. obstet. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0300-9041</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Federación Mexicana de Colegios de Obstetricia y Ginecología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0300-90412021000600480</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24245/gom.v89i6.5004</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Torsión aislada de la trompa de Falopio como causa de abdomen agudo: reporte de tres casos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Isolated torsion of Fallopian tube as a cause of acute abdomen: presentation of three cases]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas-Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julian]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas-Ávila]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arcenio Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guzmán-Peña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Levi Alan]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Lora]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez-Vargas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eréndira]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alba-Cruz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Israel de]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales para los Trabajadores del Estado Hospital Regional General Ignacio Zaragoza ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Gustavo Baz Prada  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Nezahualcoyotl Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Dr. Gustavo Baz Prada  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Nezahualcoyotl Estado de México]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales para los Trabajadores del Estado Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad Bicentenario de la Independencia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>89</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>480</fpage>
<lpage>487</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0300-90412021000600480&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0300-90412021000600480&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0300-90412021000600480&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  ANTECEDENTES: La torsión aislada de la trompa de Falopio es poco frecuente, con incidencia aproximada de 1:1,500,000 de mujeres, sobre todo en la etapa reproductiva. Se manifiesta con dolor abdominal agudo en los cuadrantes inferiores. El tratamiento es quirúrgico y, en caso de afectación vascular de la trompa de Falopio, debe practicarse la salpingectomía.  OBJETIVO: Reportar 3 casos de torsión aislada de la trompa de Falopio con síntomas de abdomen agudo.  CASOS CLÍNICOS: Se comunica el caso de tres pacientes con escalas pronósticas de alta probabilidad de apendicitis aguda. Los tres casos se trataron con cirugía en el servicio de Cirugía general, con acceso convencional de modalidad abierta en el primer caso y cirugía laparoscópica en los otros dos. Se encontró una torsión tubárica con afectación vascular evidente en los tres casos que requirieron salpingectomía.  CONCLUSIONES: Si bien la torsión aislada de la trompa de Falopio es de baja incidencia debe tenerse en cuenta como diagnóstico diferencial de abdomen agudo porque el diagnóstico definitivo y tratamiento temprano tienen influencia en su preservación.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  BACKGROUND: Isolated fallopian tube torsion is rare, with an incidence of approximately 1:1,500,000 women, especially in the reproductive stage. It manifests with acute abdominal pain in the lower quadrants. Treatment is surgical and, in case of vascular involvement of the fallopian tube, salpingectomy should be performed.  OBJECTIVE: To report 3 cases of isolated fallopian tube torsion with symptoms of acute abdomen.  CLINICAL CASE: We report the case of three patients with prognostic scales of high probability of acute appendicitis. All three cases were treated with surgery in the general surgery service, with conventional open modality access in the first case and laparoscopic surgery in the other two. Tubal torsion with evident vascular involvement was found in all three cases requiring salpingectomy.  CONCLUSIONS: Although isolated fallopian tube torsion is of low incidence, it should be considered as a differential diagnosis of acute abdomen because definitive diagnosis and early treatment have an influence on its preservation.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Torsión de la trompa de Falopio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[incidencia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[abdomen agudo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[cirugía laparoscópica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[salpingectomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Fallopian tube torsion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Incidence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Acute abdomen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Appendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Laparoscopic surgery]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Salpingectomy]]></kwd>
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