creators_name: Shetty, Prasad K creators_name: K, Balaiah creators_name: Bafna, UD creators_name: S, Gnana Prakash creators_id: dr.pkshetty@gmail.com editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: BS Kakkilaya type: journale datestamp: 2011-05-02 17:15:16 lastmod: 2011-05-02 17:15:16 metadata_visibility: show title: Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Primary fallopian tube carcinoma; Ovary; CA 125 abstract: Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma (PFTC) is rare and accounts for about 0.3% of all gynecologic cancers. Less than 1500 cases have been reported in the literature. It arises in postmenopausal women and typically presents with abdominal pelvic pain, vaginal bleeding and watery discharge. However, a correct diagnosis is rarely achieved preoperative, and in many cases, the diagnosis is made after incidental surgery for unrelated conditions commonly being ovarian carcinoma . Compared with ovarian carcinoma, PFTC more often presents at early stages, but it has a worse prognosis. PFTC is usually managed in the same manner as ovarian cancer. We report a case of Left PFTC that presented as Left ovarian mass, and we briefly review the literature. date: 2011-01-20 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 9 number: 4 publisher: BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Stewart SL, Wlke JM, Faster SL. The incidence of primary fallopian tube cancer in the United States. Gynecol Oncol 2007;107(2):392-397 2. King A, Seraj IM, Thrasher T, Slater J, Wagner RJ. Fallopian tube carcinoma: a clinicopathological study of 17 cases. Gynecol Oncol. 1989;33:351-355. 3. Vaughan MM, Evans BD, Baranyai J, Weitzer MJ. Survival of patients with primary fallopian tube carcinoma. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 1998;8:16-22. 4. Kosary C, Trimble EL. Treatment and survival for women with fallopian tube carcinoma: a population-based study. Gynecol Oncol. 2002;86:190-191. 5. Alvarado-Cabrero I, Young RH, Vamvakas EC, Scully RE. Carcinoma of the fallopian tube: a clinicopathological study of 105 cases with observations on staging and prognostic factors. Gynecol Oncol. 1999;72:367-379. 6. Riska A, Leminen A, Pukkala E. Sociodemographic determinants of incidence of primary fallopian tube carcinoma, Finland 1953-97. Int J Cancer. 2003;104:643-645. 7. Slanetz PJ, Whitman GJ, Halpern EF, Hall DA, McCarthy KA, Simeone JF. Imaging of fallopian tube tumors. Am J Roentgenol. 1997;169:1321-1324. 8. Klein M, Rosen A, Lahousen M, Graf AH, Rancin A. Lymphadenectomy in primary carcinoma of fallopian tube. Cancer Lett 1999;147(1-2):63-66. 9. Benedet JL, Bender H, Jones H 3rd, Nagan HY, Pecorelli S. FIGO staging classifications and clinical practice guidelines in the management of gynaecological cancers. FIGO Committee on Gynecologic Oncology. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2000;70:209-262. 10. Klein M, Rosen A, Lahousen M, Graf AH, Rainer A. The relevance of adjuvant treatment in primary carcinoma of fallopian tube stage 1 & 2: irradiation v/s chemotherapy. Int J Radia Oncol Biol Phys 2000;48(5):1427-1431. citation: Shetty, Prasad K and K, Balaiah and Bafna, UD and S, Gnana Prakash (2011) Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/7273/1/2010-4-26.pdf