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Letter to the Editor - Prolapsed Fallopian Tube with Squamous Metaplasia
45 year-old-female complained of leucorrhoea and lower abdominal pain
since two months. Abdominal hysterectomy done one and half years back
for unknown reasons. Perspeculum examination showed a tan-coloured
polyp on the vaginal vault, measuring 1.5x1.0 cm and tender to touch.
Clinical impression was granulation tissue, and the polyp was excised.
Light microscopy showed polypoidal projections lined by low cuboidal
epithelium; lamina propria showed chronic inflammatory cells with an
abundance of plasma cells. Deeper down were seen thick walled blood
vessels and few smooth muscle bundles. One papilla showed squamous
metaplasia of the lining epithelium. There was no evidence of mucosal
hyperplasia or atypia. The papillae resembled tubal plicae and the
presence of few smooth muscle bundles clinched the diagnosis of
prolapsed tube