title: Primary adenomyoma of the fallopian tube mimicking tubal malignant tumor.
abstract: We report a rare case of adenomyoma localized only in the left fallopian tube mimicking tubal malignant tumor. A 45-year-old woman presented with mild pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea and left adnexal mass. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a solid tumor, suspected primary cancer of the fallopian tube, and serum carbohydrate antigen 125 was elevated to 72 U/mL (normal; 0-35). At surgery, the tumor was revealed as a left fallopian tube tumor without torsion. Postoperative histopathology showed that the tumor included bundle-like growing non-atypical leiomyoma cells and ectopic normal endometrium accompanied with endometrial stroma and we diagnosed primary adenomyoma of the left fallopian tube. Adenomyoma localized only in the fallopian tube is a rare entity and it can occur only in the fallopian tube.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomomaro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Etoh
authors.forename: Yoh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Imaoka
authors.forename: Takamichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoshiai
mesh_terms: D018194:Adenomyoma / Q000473:pathology*; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D005185:Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen