salpingitis

(sal-pin-ji’tis) (Gr. σάλπιγξ tube]. In- tion of an oviduct or of the eustachian tube. chronic vegetating s., a form characterized by marked hypertrophy of the mucosa of the oviduct. hemorrhagic s., that which attends rupture of a blood-ve el and effusion of blood. terstitial s., that which is attended with hyperplasia of the connective ti ue. mural Β., parenchymatous s. See pachysalpingitis. nodular s., a form attended with the growth of nodules in the walls and mucosa of the tube. Β. prof’luens, salpingitis in which the discharge has been locked up in the tube for a time, but afterward discharges. pseudo follicular s., that which is characterized by agglutination of the walls of the tube, causing a formation of saccules. purulent 8., inflammation of the oviduct attended with suppuration. tuberculous s., a nodular salpingicis due to the tubercle bacillus.