On the issue of accessory Fallopian tubes and holes (tubae accessoriae et ostia accessoria, Nebentuben)

Despite the fact that the accessory pipes and openings do not constitute a rarity, I have not been able to find a description of the cases of this interesting anomaly in the Russian literature. As for foreign literature, the first study on this issue was produced in France in 1851 by A. Richard, who found them in 5 cases, out of 30; The accessory holes in his observations were located at a distance from a few millimeters to 2-3 cm from the abdominal opening of the Fallopian tube, in all 5 cases the probe passed through the accessory opening in the lumen of the tubes and the accessory openings were clearly expressed in all cases. Richard's cases are distributed as follows: the first belongs to the fetus of the last months of pregnancy, the second belongs to the 15-year-old girl who has not yet menstruated, and in both of these cases there are 2 more adventitious openings on the main tube next to her abdominal opening; the remaining 3 cases belong to adult women: each has one accessory opening. In Germany, Merkel in 1856 was the first to pay attention to this anomaly, in a short time he encountered 4 cases with accessory holes. The following indications are found in Rokitansk, who says that accessory holes meet quite often.