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Primary fallopian tube carcinoma, a rare malignancy, presents with non-specific symptoms and imaging, often misdiagnosed preoperatively, and is treated similarly to ovarian cancer.
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This review examines primary fallopian tube carcinoma, a rare malignancy representing less than two percent of female genital tract cancers. The authors outline potential etiologies such as chronic inflammation and tubal endometriosis, while noting clinical presentations often include abdominal pain and adnexal masses that are frequently misdiagnosed preoperatively. Treatment strategies mirror those for ovarian cancer, involving surgical resection followed by chemotherapy, with CA-125 levels serving as a key marker for post-treatment monitoring. Relevance to endometriosis: tubal endometriosis is explicitly listed as a suggested etiological factor associated with the development of this carcinoma.
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INTRODUCTION: Primary fallopian tube carcinoma is extremely rare, making 0.3-1.6% of all female genital tract malignancies. Although the etymology of this tumor is unknown, it is suggested to be associated with chronic tubal inflammation, infertility, tuberculous salpingitis and tubal endometriosis. High parity is considered to be protective. Cytogenetic studies show the disease to be associated with over expression of p53, HER2/neu and c-myb. There is also some evidence that BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations have a role in umorogeneis.
CLINICAL FEATURES: The most prevailing symptoms with fallopian tube carcinoma are abdominal pain, abnormal vaginal discharge/bleeding and the most common finding is an adnexal mass. In many patients, fallopian tube carcinoma is asymptomatic.
DIAGNOSIS: Due to its rarity, preoperative diagnosis of primary fallopian tube carcinoma is rarely made. It is usually misdiagnosed as ovarian carcinoma, tuboovarian abscess or ectopic pregnancy. Sonographic features of the tumor are non-specific and include the presence of a fluid-filled adnexal structure with a significant solid component, a sausage-shaped mass, a cystic mass with papillary projections within, a cystic mass with cog wheel appearance and an ovoid-shaped structure containing an incomplete separation and a highly vascular solid nodule. More than 80% of patients have elevated pretreatment serum CA-125 levels, which is useful in follow-up after the definite treatment.
TREATMENT: The treatment approach is similar to that of ovarian carcinoma, and includes total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Staging is followed with chemotherapy.
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Medicinski pregled 2009 Volume 62, Issue 1-2, Pages: 31-36 Primary fallopian tube carcinoma Mladenović-Segedi Ljiljana (Klinički centar Vojvodine, Klinika za ginekologiju i akušerstvo, Novi Sad) Introduction. Primary fallopian tube carcinoma is extremely rare, making 0.3-1.6% of all female genital tract malignancies. Although the etymology of this tumor is unknown, it is suggested to be associated with chronic tubal inflammation, infertility, tuberculous salpingitis and tubal endometriosis. High parity is considered to be protective. Cytogenetic studies show the disease to be associated with over expression of p53, HER2/neu and c-myb. There is also some evidence that BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations have a role in umorogeneis. Clinical features. The most prevailing symptoms with fallopian tube carcinoma are abdominal pain, abnormal vaginal discharge/bleeding and the most common finding is an adnexal mass. In many patients, fallopian tube carcinoma is asymptomatic. Diagnosis. Due to its rarity, preoperative diagnosis of primary fallopian tube carcinoma is rarely made. It is usually misdiagnosed as ovarian carcinoma, tuboovarian abscess or ectopic pregnancy. Sonographic features of the tumor are non-specific and include the presence of a fluid-filled adnexal structure with a significant solid component, a sausage-shaped mass, a cystic mass with papillary projections within, a cystic mass with cog wheel appearance and an ovoid-shaped structure containing an incomplete separation and a highly vascular solid nodule. More than 80% of patients have elevated pretreatment serum CA-125 levels, which is useful in follow-up after the definite treatment. Treatment. The treatment approach is similar to that of ovarian carcinoma, and includes total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Staging is followed with chemotherapy. Keywords: Fallopian Tube Neoplasms, Adenocarcinoma, Diagnosis, Gynecologic Surgical Procedures, Treatment Outcome, Neoplasm Staging, Female
https://doi.org/10.2298/MPNS0902031M
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