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Fallopian tube carcinoma: incidental finding during surgery for acute pelvic inflammatory disease - case report

  • F. Puig1
  • M. Lapresta1
  • A. Lauzon1
  • R. Crespo1,*,

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200605526 Vol.27,Issue 5,September 2006 pp.526-527

Published: 10 September 2006

*Corresponding Author(s): R. Crespo E-mail:

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Abstract

Background: Primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube is a rare condition. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult and in most cases it is an intraoperative finding or a histopathological diagnosis.

Case: A 49-year-old woman presented with pelvic pain, fever (38 degrees C), elevated white blood cell count and a right adnexal mass. Pelvic inflammatory disease was suspected and broad spectrum antibiotics were established. Five days later, due to lack of clinical response, a total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and appendectomy were performed. Histopathology showed a primary fallopian tube carcinoma. Postoperatively she received chemotherapy. Afterwards she underwent a staging laparotomy. Some months later, new chemotherapy regimens were instituted because of the presence of lymph node metastases.

Conclusion: Malignancy should be included in the differential diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease.

Keywords

Fallopian tube; Carcinoma; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Adnexal mass; Laparotomy

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F. Puig,M. Lapresta,A. Lauzon,R. Crespo. Fallopian tube carcinoma: incidental finding during surgery for acute pelvic inflammatory disease - case report. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2006. 27(5);526-527.

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