Increased expression of uteroglobin associated with tubal inflammation and ectopic pregnancy.

Objective: Evaluation of uteroglobin (UG) expression in the fallopian tube in different tubal diseases.

Design: The UG was screened and quantified in samples of fallopian tubes from patients with salpingitis, hydrosalpinx, and ectopic pregnancy by exposing the UG with immunohistochemical techniques.

Setting: University hospital and electron microscopy center.