PMID- 22707217
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140128
LR  - 20220318
IS  - 1432-0509 (Electronic)
IS  - 0942-8925 (Linking)
VI  - 38
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 Jun
TI  - Imaging of primary fallopian tube carcinoma.
PG  - 608-18
LID - 10.1007/s00261-012-9920-4 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To increase awareness of primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC) and 
      its relationship to serous epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) and breast cancer. 
      To review the characteristic imaging findings of PFTC thereby enabling 
      radiologists to not only diagnose, but aid clinicians in staging, treatment 
      planning and surveillance for recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: There is increasing 
      evidence of a relationship between PFTC and breast cancer and the breast cancer 
      susceptibility gene mutation. Furthermore, studies in breast cancer gene mutation 
      carriers suggest serous EOC arises from the epithelial lining of the fallopian 
      tube. These theories indicate that the incidence of fallopian tube carcinoma is 
      underestimated. Increased awareness is particularly important for radiologists 
      reviewing surveillance studies in breast cancer patients. PFTC has characteristic 
      imaging features that can aid in its detection and differentiation from other 
      pelvic masses. Imaging is also helpful in tumor staging, identifying patients who 
      may benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy and detection of recurrence following 
      treatment. This article discusses the history, pathology, and patterns of spread 
      of fallopian tube carcinoma, as well as reviewing and illustrating the 
      cross-sectional imaging findings.
FAU - Shaaban, Akram M
AU  - Shaaban AM
AD  - Department of Radiology, University of Utah, 30 North 1900 East #1A71, Salt Lake 
      City, UT 84132, USA. akram.shaaban@hsc.utah.edu
FAU - Rezvani, Maryam
AU  - Rezvani M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Abdom Imaging
JT  - Abdominal imaging
JID - 9303672
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
MH  - Epithelium/pathology
MH  - Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/*diagnosis/*diagnostic imaging/pathology/physiopathology
MH  - Female
MH  - Neoplasm Invasiveness
MH  - Neoplasm Metastasis
MH  - Neoplasm Staging
MH  - Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/diagnosis/pathology
MH  - Ovarian Neoplasms/diagnosis/pathology
MH  - Pelvic Pain/etiology
MH  - *Tomography, X-Ray Computed
MH  - Ultrasonography
MH  - Uterine Hemorrhage/etiology
MH  - Vaginal Discharge/etiology
EDAT- 2012/06/19 06:00
MHDA- 2014/01/29 06:00
CRDT- 2012/06/19 06:00
PHST- 2012/06/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/06/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/01/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s00261-012-9920-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Abdom Imaging. 2013 Jun;38(3):608-18. doi: 10.1007/s00261-012-9920-4.