title: Preoperative diagnosis of primary fallopian tube carcinoma by transvaginal ultrasound, cytological finding and CA-125.
abstract: Primary Fallopian tube carcinoma is rarely diagnosed preoperatively. We present the case of a 69-year-old woman with primary tubal carcinoma, which was diagnosed preoperatively on the basis of the cytological finding, characteristic features on transvaginal sonography, transvaginal color flow imaging and elevated CA-125. Transvaginal color Doppler imaging demonstrated the tumor revealed areas of neovascularization with characteristic low impedance (resistance index, 0.34 and pulsatility index, 0.62). Pathohistologic confirmation of the clearcell carcinoma has been done.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Merkur, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Podobnik
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciglar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bulic
mesh_terms: D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000097:blood*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014621:Vagina
chemical_list: D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate