PMID- 37996138
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20231127
LR  - 20231127
IS  - 1757-790X (Electronic)
IS  - 1757-790X (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 11
DP  - 2023 Nov 23
TI  - Early-stage serous fallopian tube carcinoma.
LID - 10.1136/bcr-2023-255638 [doi]
LID - e255638
AB  - Primary fallopian tube carcinoma (PFTC) is a rare disease. Its location, close 
      association with epithelial ovarian carcinoma, and lack of specific signs and 
      symptoms make diagnosis challenging especially in its early stages. We report a 
      postmenopausal patient who presented with a 2-month history of abdominopelvic 
      pain with watery vaginal discharge. Imaging findings showed a 7 cm complex left 
      adnexal mass. The patient underwent a robotic-assisted total laparoscopic 
      hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and surgical staging. Findings 
      were significant for stage IA serous fallopian tube carcinoma. PFTC is sometimes 
      missed preoperatively and intraoperatively. Available literature review has 
      focused on the clinical and imaging characteristics of PFTC to aid in timely 
      disease diagnosis. Minimally invasive surgery is a viable option in the diagnosis 
      and management of early-stage ovarian cancer due to improved visualisation of 
      pelvic structures, decreased length of hospital stay, decreased estimated blood 
      loss and lower postoperative complication rates compared with laparotomy.
CI  - (c) BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and 
      permissions. Published by BMJ.
FAU - Khromchenko, Keren
AU  - Khromchenko K
AD  - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore 
      University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, USA.
FAU - Aikman, Noelle
AU  - Aikman N
AD  - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore 
      University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, USA.
FAU - Sun, Xiu
AU  - Sun X
AD  - Department of Pathology, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical 
      Center, Neptune, NJ, USA.
FAU - ElSahwi, Karim
AU  - ElSahwi K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3182-0808
AD  - Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University 
      Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, USA karim.elsahwi@hmhn.org.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231123
PL  - England
TA  - BMJ Case Rep
JT  - BMJ case reports
JID - 101526291
SB  - IM
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Fallopian Tubes/surgery/pathology
MH  - *Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/diagnosis/surgery/pathology
MH  - Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
MH  - Hysterectomy
MH  - *Ovarian Neoplasms/surgery
PMC - PMC10668166
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cancer - see Oncology
OT  - Gynecological cancer
OT  - Surgical oncology
COIS- Competing interests: None declared.
EDAT- 2023/11/24 00:42
MHDA- 2023/11/27 12:43
PMCR- 2025/11/23
CRDT- 2023/11/23 20:53
PHST- 2025/11/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
PHST- 2023/11/27 12:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/11/24 00:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/11/23 20:53 [entrez]
AID - 16/11/e255638 [pii]
AID - bcr-2023-255638 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/bcr-2023-255638 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Nov 23;16(11):e255638. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-255638.