PMID- 32393292 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201005 LR - 20201005 IS - 1749-8090 (Electronic) IS - 1749-8090 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 1 DP - 2020 May 11 TI - Anterior mediastinal metastasis of primary fallopian tube adenocarcinoma: a case report. PG - 77 LID - 10.1186/s13019-020-01111-4 [doi] LID - 77 AB - BACKGROUND: Primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC) is a malignant tumor of the female genital tract that mostly presents intraperitoneal dissemination in clinical practice. The incidence of upper anterior mediastinal metastasis in PFTCs is extremely rare. We herein report a rare case of PFTC mediastinal metastasis after radical resection. When anterior mediastinal metastasis of an unknown origin is encountered, the possibility of PFTC should be considered. CASE PRESENTATION: A 68-year-old female who was previously diagnosed with PFTC after radical resection of a primary tumor in the fallopian tube was admitted to our department with a right anterior mediastinum mass. Radical resection of the mediastinal mass was performed, and poorly differentiated metastatic adenocarcinoma of the fallopian tube was confirmed. There was no recurrence in the 24 months after the curative operation. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, no mediastinal metastasis of PFTC has been reported yet. Thus, we presented this rare case indicating the heterogeneity of this malignant disease and to draw attention to the occasional distant metastasis of PFTC in clinical practice. FAU - Zhang, Bo AU - Zhang B AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No 154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. FAU - Liu, Renwang AU - Liu R AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No 154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery; Tianjin key laboratory of lung cancer metastasis and tumor microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No.154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. FAU - Li, Tong AU - Li T AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No 154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. FAU - Chen, Feng AU - Chen F AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No 154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. FAU - Huo, Huandong AU - Huo H AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No 154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. FAU - Ren, Dian AU - Ren D AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No 154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery; Tianjin key laboratory of lung cancer metastasis and tumor microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No.154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. FAU - Ren, Fan AU - Ren F AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No 154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery; Tianjin key laboratory of lung cancer metastasis and tumor microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No.154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. FAU - Xu, Song AU - Xu S AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No 154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery; Tianjin key laboratory of lung cancer metastasis and tumor microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No.154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. FAU - Xu, Xiaohong AU - Xu X AD - Colleges of Nursing, Tianjin Medical University, Qixiangtai Road No.22, Tianjin, 300070, China. miao1980@aliyun.com. FAU - Song, Zuoqing AU - Song Z AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No 154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. szqing5852210@163.com. AD - Department of Lung Cancer Surgery; Tianjin key laboratory of lung cancer metastasis and tumor microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No.154, Heping District, Tianjin, 300052, China. szqing5852210@163.com. LA - eng GR - 19ZXDBSY00060/the Science and Technology Plan Project of Tianjin/ GR - No. 81772464/the National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - No.17JCZDJC36200/the Tianjin Key Project of Natural Science Foundation/ PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200511 PL - England TA - J Cardiothorac Surg JT - Journal of cardiothoracic surgery JID - 101265113 SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/*pathology/surgery MH - Aged MH - Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/*pathology/surgery MH - Fallopian Tubes MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Incidence MH - Mediastinal Neoplasms/*secondary/surgery MH - Mediastinum/*pathology MH - Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/*surgery PMC - PMC7216506 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anterior mediastinal metastasis OT - Primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC) OT - Resection COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/05/13 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/06 06:00 PMCR- 2020/05/11 CRDT- 2020/05/13 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/05/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/05/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/05/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s13019-020-01111-4 [pii] AID - 1111 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s13019-020-01111-4 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 May 11;15(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s13019-020-01111-4.