title: A case of fallopian tube carcinoma: successful preoperative diagnosis with MR imaging.
abstract: We report a case of fallopian tube carcinoma, successfully diagnosed preoperatively. The patient was a 64-year-old woman. Transvaginal sonography and computed tomography showed a cystic and solid tumor on the left side of the uterus, suggesting ovarian cancer. The tumor was, however, suspected to be a fallopian tube carcinoma on MR imaging. MR images showed a solid mass surrounded by a tube-shaped cystic part. At surgery, a solid and cystic tumor was found in the left fallopian tube. MR imaging may be useful to assist in the diagnosis of fallopian tube carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurachi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Narumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murata
mesh_terms: D018283:Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011300:Preoperative Care