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Synchronous fallopian tube and breast cancers: case report and literature review

  • C. Romagnolo1,*,
  • A. Gabriele2
  • G. Zamboni3
  • P. Cassandrini4
  • T. Maggino5

1Department of Gynecology, Sacra Cuore Hospital, Negrar (VR), Italy

2Department of Gynecology, Domodossola Hospital, Domodossola (VB), Italy

3Department of Pathology, Sacra Cuore Hospital, Negrar (VR), Italy

4Department of Medical Oncology, Sacra Cuore Hospital, Negrar (VR), Italy

5Department of Gynecology, Mirano Hospital, Mirano (VE), Italy

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo20030173 Vol.24,Issue 1,January 2003 pp.73-75

Published: 10 January 2003

*Corresponding Author(s): C. Romagnolo E-mail:

Abstract

A case of fallopian tube cancer was intraoperatively diagnosed in a patient submitted to laparoscopic hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy because of an ultrasound diagnosis of a probable endometriotic cyst of the right ovary. Postoperatively a complete staging was performed and a synchronous carcinoma of the breast was diagnosed. Consequently the patient completed laparotomic debulking and a left mastectomy. A case of a premenopausal woman with fallopian tube cancer and synchronous breast cancer is reported together with a review of the most recent literature.

Keywords

Synchronous cancers; Breast cancer; Fallopian tube cancer

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C. Romagnolo,A. Gabriele,G. Zamboni,P. Cassandrini,T. Maggino. Synchronous fallopian tube and breast cancers: case report and literature review. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2003. 24(1);73-75.

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