Fallopian tube carcinoma with multiple tumor nodules seen on transvaginal sonography

Primary fallopian tube carcinoma is a very rare malignancy, accounting for 0.18 to 1.6% of gynecologic cancers. The disease usually is unilateral, with the prevalence of bilateral disease ranging between 0 and 26% of cases. This report describes a case of fallopian tube carcinoma with bilateral invo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of ultrasound in medicine 1998-01, Vol.17 (1), p.71-73
1. Verfasser: Ong, C L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Primary fallopian tube carcinoma is a very rare malignancy, accounting for 0.18 to 1.6% of gynecologic cancers. The disease usually is unilateral, with the prevalence of bilateral disease ranging between 0 and 26% of cases. This report describes a case of fallopian tube carcinoma with bilateral involvement, in which three separate tumor nodules were found in one tube and in situ disease was present in the opposite tube.
ISSN:0278-4297
1550-9613
DOI:10.7863/jum.1998.17.1.71