<P> The surgical removal of a fallopian tube is called a salpingectomy . To remove both tubes is a bilateral salpingectomy . An operation that combines the removal of a fallopian tube with removal of at least one ovary is a salpingo - oophorectomy . An operation to remove a fallopian tube obstruction is called a tuboplasty . </P> <P> The fallopian tube can prolapse into the vagina and can be mistaken for a neoplastic tissue mass . This usually happens after a hysterectomy . </P> <P> They are named after their discoverer, the 16th century Italian anatomist Gabriele Falloppio, who thought they resembled tubas, the plural of tuba in Italian being tube . </P> <P> Though the name Fallopian tube is eponymous, it is often spelt with a lower case f from the assumption that the adjective fallopian has been absorbed into modern English as the de facto name for the structure . </P>

Where did the name fallopian tube come from