CLINICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF CHLAMYDIAL SALPINGITIS

Clinical and histopathological study of salpingitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis in 29 patients revealed morphological changes in the uterine tubes of an inflammatory nature: lymphocyte and plasmacyte infiltration presenting as cell accumulations, intensive sclerosis, destruction of the epithelium, muscle fibers dystrophy. Three degrees of severity of uterine tubes involvement were distinguished, which not always corresponded to severity of clinical expression of salpingitis. Patients with urogenital chlamydiasis present with morphofunctional shifts leading to tubal sterility.