Primary fallopian tube carcinoma with coexistent tuberculous salpingitis: a case report.
A case of primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube with coexistent tuberculosis has been presented, and previously reported cases in the literature reviewed. These cases represent a rare occurrence where the diagnosis might be missed without a thorough pathologic evaluation. Clinicians should maintain an index of suspicion for fallopian tube carcinoma in perimenopausal or postmenopausal women with menometrorrhagia who fail to respond to hormonal therapy and a D and C. The finding of a tuboovarian abscess in a postmenopausal woman should also cause concern for tubal carcinoma, as it is usually a disease of menarcheal women. Similarly, a possibility of granulomatous salpingitis should always be borne in mind in the differential diagnosis of inflammatory diseases of the fallopian tube.
Wiskind
A K
AK
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta.
Dudley
A G
AG
Majmudar
B
B
Masterson
K C
KC
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology