PMID- 23890835
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140604
LR  - 20190117
IS  - 1728-7731 (Electronic)
IS  - 1726-4901 (Linking)
VI  - 76
IP  - 10
DP  - 2013 Oct
TI  - Primary fallopian tube carcinoma: a clinicopathologic analysis and literature 
      review.
PG  - 583-7
LID - S1726-4901(13)00148-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jcma.2013.06.010 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC) is a rare tumor, and it is 
      very difficult to diagnose preoperatively. The aims of this study were to 
      evaluate the clinicopathologic features of primary fallopian tube carcinoma 
      (PFTC) and to review the current available literature on PFTC. METHODS: The 
      medical records of 16 patients who were diagnosed with PFTC at Taipei Veterans 
      General Hospital between January 2001 and December 2011 were analyzed 
      retrospectively. RESULTS: The mean age at diagnosis was 63 years (range, 41-86 
      years), and the mean follow-up period was 39.8 months (range, 4.0-102.8 months). 
      Fourteen (87.5%) patients were menopausal women. The most common clinical 
      presentation was nonspecific pelvic pain (37.5%), followed by abnormal vaginal 
      bleeding (31.2%), pelvic mass (18.8%), and gastrointestinal symptoms (12.5%). One 
      patient was diagnosed with PFTC preoperatively; 11 (68.6%) patients were 
      diagnosed as having adnexal mass of unknown origin, but primarily in the ovary. 
      Other diagnoses included endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, colon cancer, and 
      rectum cancer in one patient each. Three (18.8%) patients were in Stage I, two 
      (12.5%) in Stage II, nine (56.2%) in Stage III, and two (12.5%) in Stage IV. The 
      serous type was histologically predominant (75%), and six patients were of a high 
      grade (37.5%). The 5-year disease-free survival rate was 73.3%. CONCLUSION: PFTC 
      is infrequently diagnosed preoperatively or intraoperatively due to its rarity, 
      and has a varied and nonspecific presentation. Only 6.3% of the patients had 
      typical symptoms suggestive of tubal carcinoma. This report may benefit surgeons 
      by providing additional information about the clinicopathologic behavior of PFTC 
      so that patients can be appropriately counseled.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2013. Published by Elsevier B.V.
FAU - Lau, Hei-Yu
AU  - Lau HY
AD  - Section of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei 
      Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Obstetrics and 
      Gynecology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
FAU - Chen, Yi-Jen
AU  - Chen YJ
FAU - Yen, Ming-Shyen
AU  - Yen MS
FAU - Chen, Ru-Fen
AU  - Chen RF
FAU - Yeh, Shu-O
AU  - Yeh SO
FAU - Twu, Nae-Fang
AU  - Twu NF
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130725
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Chin Med Assoc
JT  - Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA
JID - 101174817
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/mortality/*pathology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neoplasm Staging
MH  - Retrospective Studies
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - disease-free survival
OT  - intraoperative assessment
OT  - primary fallopian tube carcinoma
OT  - residual tumor
EDAT- 2013/07/31 06:00
MHDA- 2014/06/05 06:00
CRDT- 2013/07/30 06:00
PHST- 2012/11/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/03/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/07/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/07/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/06/05 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1726-4901(13)00148-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jcma.2013.06.010 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Chin Med Assoc. 2013 Oct;76(10):583-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcma.2013.06.010. Epub 
      2013 Jul 25.