PMID- 28698755
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220419
IS  - 1857-9655 (Print)
IS  - 1857-9655 (Electronic)
IS  - 1857-9655 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 3
DP  - 2017 Jun 15
TI  - Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review.
PG  - 344-348
LID - 10.3889/oamjms.2017.044 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC) is a rare tumour of the 
      female genital tract with an incidence of 0.1-1.8% of all genital malignancies, 
      and it is very difficult to diagnose preoperatively, because of its non-specific 
      symptomatology. In most cases, it is an intraoperative finding or a 
      histopathological diagnosis. It is a tumour that histologically and clinically 
      resembles epithelial ovarian cancer. CASE PRESENTATION: We are reporting a case 
      of a 62-year-old, postmenopausal women with primary fallopian tube carcinoma of 
      the right fallopian tube in stage IA. The patient has lower abdominal pain, 
      watery vaginal discharge and repeated episodes of bleeding from the vagina. The 
      clinical and radiological findings suggested a right adnexal tumour with elevated 
      CA-125 levels. Total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, 
      omentectomy and peritoneal washing were performed. Pathologic confirmation of 
      primary serous cystadenocarcinoma of the right fallopian tube was made. 
      Peritoneal washings were negative for malignancy. FIGO stage was considered as 
      IA, and the patient received no courses of chemotherapy and postoperative 
      radiation because she refused it. Ten months after initial surgery, the patient 
      is alive and in good condition. CONCLUSION: Cytoreduction surgery followed by 
      adequate cycles of chemotherapy is an important strategy to improve patients' 
      prognosis.
FAU - Rexhepi, Meral
AU  - Rexhepi M
AD  - Clinical Hospital Tetovo, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of 
      Tetovo, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia.
FAU - Trajkovska, Elizabeta
AU  - Trajkovska E
AD  - Clinical Hospital Tetovo, Department of Pathology, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia.
FAU - Ismaili, Hysni
AU  - Ismaili H
AD  - University of Tetovo, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia.
FAU - Besimi, Florin
AU  - Besimi F
AD  - Clinical Hospital Tetovo, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of 
      Tetovo, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia.
FAU - Rufati, Nagip
AU  - Rufati N
AD  - Clinical Hospital Tetovo, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of 
      Tetovo, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tetovo, Republic of Macedonia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
DEP - 20170520
PL  - North Macedonia
TA  - Open Access Maced J Med Sci
JT  - Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences
JID - 101662294
PMC - PMC5503735
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - fallopian tube
OT  - histopathological diagnosis
OT  - intraoperative assessment
OT  - post-menopausal female
OT  - serous cystadenocarcinoma
EDAT- 2017/07/13 06:00
MHDA- 2017/07/13 06:01
PMCR- 2017/05/20
CRDT- 2017/07/13 06:00
PHST- 2017/01/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/03/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/03/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/07/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/07/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/07/13 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/05/20 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - OAMJMS-5-344 [pii]
AID - 10.3889/oamjms.2017.044 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2017 May 20;5(3):344-348. doi: 
      10.3889/oamjms.2017.044. eCollection 2017 Jun 15.