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Primary sarcoma of the fallopian tube is a very rare neoplasm. We report the case of a 69-year-old woman affected with leiomyosarcoma of the left fallopian tube. Her chief complaint was lower abdominal pain. The preoperative diagnosis was a left adnexal malignant tumor based on pelvic examination, abdominal computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Following a laparotomy, she was ultimately diagnosed with a FIGO IIc fallopian tube leiomyosarcoma. She was treated with total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, pelvic lymph node dissection, partial omentectomy, and low anterior resection for rectal invasion. The patient subsequently received adjuvant chemotherapy with pirarubicin and ifosfamide. Thirty months after the first therapy, a computed tomography scan revealed metastasis of the liver, lung, and supraclavicular lymph node. The patient died of the disease 39 months after the initial treatment.
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Ueda, T., Emoto, M., Fukuoka, M. et al. Primary leiomyosarcoma of the fallopian tube. Int J Clin Oncol 15, 206–209 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10147-010-0027-z
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