Isolated fallopian tube torsion is a rare but significant gynecological cause of lower abdominal pain in
adolescent females with or without risk factors. A 12-year-old female was initially treated as urinary
tract infection, acute appendicitis, and a possible ovarian pathology. Intraoperatively, it was isolated
fallopian tube torsion. The entity is difficult to recognize preoperatively because of its vague clinical
presentation and lack of specific laboratory and imaging findings, and diagnosis is done ultimately
during surgery. Isolated tubal torsion should be considered in cases of acute lower abdominal pain
since awareness and early detection of the condition, especially in children and adolescents, allows
early surgical intervention that may render preservation of the tubes.
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Fallopian Tubes