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9863904

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
Carcinoma of the fallopian tube is an uncommon gynecologic tumor that is usually diagnosed in an advanced stage. The majority are tubal in origin, and rarely arise in the fimbriae. It appears that the latter may have a worse prognosis than the equivalent stage of tubal tumors that do not arise from fimbriae. We present a case of a 53-year-old white woman with FIGO stage 1 primary anaplastic carcinoma of the fimbriated end of the fallopian tube that was incidentally found in a specimen resected during a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The patient underwent surgery because of findings of severe cervical dysplasia, atypia and dyskaryosis on a routine Papanicolau smear. Postoperative recovery was uneventful, and follow-up abdominal and pelvic CT scans showed no evidence of disease. However, because of the poor degree of differentiation, focal serosal infiltration and fimbrial end tube site of the carcinoma she was considered to have a high risk of recurrence. Thus, it was recommended that she undergo adjuvant chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide and carboplatin. Eighteen months after diagnosis, the patient is alive and well with no evidence of disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0392-2936
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
431-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Anaplastic carcinoma of the fimbriated end of the fallopian tube as an incidental finding.
pubmed:affiliation
Chemotherapy Unit, Hospital General de Mexico.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports