PMID- 26150249
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150728
LR  - 20220419
IS  - 1869-4101 (Print)
IS  - 1869-4101 (Electronic)
IS  - 1869-4101 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 4
DP  - 2015 Aug
TI  - Primary fallopian tube carcinoma: review of MR imaging findings.
PG  - 431-9
LID - 10.1007/s13244-015-0416-y [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To review the epidemiological and clinical features of primary 
      fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC), and to illustrate the spectrum of MRI findings, 
      with pathological confirmation. METHODS: This article reviews the relevant 
      literature on the epidemiological, clinical, and imaging features of primary 
      fallopian tube carcinoma, with pathological confirmation, using illustrations 
      from the authors' teaching files. RESULTS: Primary fallopian tube carcinoma came 
      under focus over the last few years due to its possible role on the pathogenesis 
      of high-grade serous epithelial ovarian and peritoneal cancers. Typical symptoms, 
      together with the presence of some of the most characteristic MRI signs, such as 
      a "sausage-shaped" pelvic mass, hydrosalpinx, and hydrometra, may signal the 
      presence of primary fallopian cancer, and allow the radiologist to report it as a 
      differential diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: Primary fallopian tube carcinoma has a 
      constellation of clinical symptoms and magnetic resonance imaging features, which 
      may be diagnostic. Although these findings are not present together in the 
      majority of cases, radiologists who are aware of them may include the diagnosis 
      of primary fallopian tube cancer in their report more frequently and with more 
      confidence. TEACHING POINTS: * PFTC may be more frequent than previously thought 
      * PFTC has specific clinical and MRI characteristics * Knowledge of typical PFTC 
      signs enables its inclusion in the differential diagnosis * PFTC is currently 
      staged under the 2013 FIGO system * PFTC is staged collectively with ovarian and 
      peritoneal neoplasms.
FAU - Veloso Gomes, Filipe
AU  - Veloso Gomes F
AD  - Centro Hospitalar do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, fvgomes@gmail.com.
FAU - Dias, Joao Lopes
AU  - Dias JL
FAU - Lucas, Rita
AU  - Lucas R
FAU - Cunha, Teresa Margarida
AU  - Cunha TM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150707
PL  - Germany
TA  - Insights Imaging
JT  - Insights into imaging
JID - 101532453
PMC - PMC4519813
EDAT- 2015/07/08 06:00
MHDA- 2015/07/08 06:01
PMCR- 2015/07/07
CRDT- 2015/07/08 06:00
PHST- 2015/02/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/06/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/05/20 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/07/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/07/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/07/08 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/07/07 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 416 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s13244-015-0416-y [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Insights Imaging. 2015 Aug;6(4):431-9. doi: 10.1007/s13244-015-0416-y. Epub 2015 
      Jul 7.