PMID- 24527040 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20140214 LR - 20211021 IS - 1687-9627 (Print) IS - 1687-9635 (Electronic) VI - 2014 DP - 2014 TI - Primary fallopian tube carcinoma arising in the setting of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. PG - 645045 LID - 10.1155/2014/645045 [doi] LID - 645045 AB - Primary fallopian tube cancer (PFTC) is a rare gynaecological malignancy, clinically often mistaken for pelvic inflammatory disease or ovarian cancer. Three primary fallopian tube carcinomas, arising in a background of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), are presented. The possible association between chronic PID and PFTC is discussed and a hypothesies linking these cancers with chronic inflammation is proposed. FAU - Zardawi, Ibrahim M AU - Zardawi IM AD - Pathology Department, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444, Australia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140112 PL - United States TA - Case Rep Med JT - Case reports in medicine JID - 101512910 PMC - PMC3913490 EDAT- 2014/02/15 06:00 MHDA- 2014/02/15 06:01 PMCR- 2014/01/12 CRDT- 2014/02/15 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/12/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/12/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/02/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/02/15 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2014/01/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2014/645045 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Case Rep Med. 2014;2014:645045. doi: 10.1155/2014/645045. Epub 2014 Jan 12.