title: Primary fallopian tube carcinoma with coexistent tuberculous salpingitis: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals, Atlanta.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Wiskind
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Dudley
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Majmudar
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Masterson
mesh_terms: 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