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A Case Report: Rare Case of Primary Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Fallopian Tube
Author(s) -
Takeuchi Shigeto,
Hirano Hiroshi,
Ichio Takao,
Taniguchi Haruki,
Toyoda Nagayasu
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1999.tb01118.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fallopian tube , clear cell carcinoma , transitional cell carcinoma , carcinoma , hysterectomy , pathology , gynecology , cancer , bladder cancer
Carcinomas other than adenocarcinomas are extremely rare in the fallopian tube. A 42‐year‐old woman with watery, intermittent vaginal discharge was found to have a left adnexal tumor. This case was diagnosed as primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube, FIGO Stage la. She underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy, a bilateral salpingo‐oophorectomy, a pelvic and periaortic lymphoadenectomy, and an omentectomy, followed by cisplatin‐based chemotherapy. Four years after the initial diagnosis of the disease, she remains in a disease‐free state. Histologically, the tumor revealed a primary transitional cell carcinoma of the left fallopian tube. The findings on an immunohistochemical test for an epithelial membrane antigen, the CA125 antigen, were positive, whereas findings on a test for CEA were negative. We report a case of a malignant neoplasm of the fallopian tube with histological features of transitional cell carcinoma that arose from the tubal epithelium.