Korean Journal of Gynecologic Oncology and Colposcopy  1993;4(3):107-113

A Case of Primary Carcinoma of Fallopian Tube.

Jong Mo PARK ; Mee Kyung AHN ; Soo Nyung KIM ; Sang Yoon KIM

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Primary carcinoma of fallopian tube is very rare tumor, that has an incidence less than 1% in all female genital malignanciea. Yhe symptoms are not distinctive, and in moat cases, they are so slight that the disease is well advanced when the diagnosis is made. The postmenopausal bleeding is the most common presenting eomplaint. The diagnosis of carcinoma of the fallopian tube is not made preoperatively in most cases. A 57 years woman presented with complainta of postmenopausal bleeding for 1 month. This paper reports a case of primary fallopian tube carcinoma and presents literature review.