Synchronous fallopian tube and breast cancers: case report and literature review

Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2003;24(1):73-5.

Abstract

A case of fallopian tube cancer was intraoperatively diagnosed in a patient submitted to laparoscopic hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy because of an ultrasound diagnosis of a probable endometriotic cyst of the right ovary. Postoperatively a complete staging was performed and a synchronous carcinoma of the breast was diagnosed. Consequently the patient completed laparotomic debulking and a left mastectomy. A case of a premenopausal woman with fallopian tube cancer and synchronous breast cancer is reported together with a review of the most recent literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / surgery
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy
  • Carcinoma, Lobular / surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy / methods
  • Mastectomy / methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Ovariectomy / methods
  • Risk Assessment