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Sarcomas of the fallopian tube
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Definition
A malignant tumor of connective tissues (mesodermal or mesenchymal cells). Leiomyosarcoma is the most common type in this location (Xia et al. 2018).
Clinical Features
Incidence
Sarcomas of the fallopian tube are exceedingly rare. Because of its low incidence, literature on fallopian tube sarcomas is limited only to case reports (You et al. 2018).
Age
The age at diagnosis varies from 21 to 70 years with a median of 47 years (Zagouri et al. 2011).
Site
Fallopian tube.
Clinical Presentation
Because this neoplasm is characterized as the growth of a progressively painless mass, it is easily overlooked until the mass is sufficiently large. The clinical signs and symptoms are usually nonspecific and include lower abdominal pain and pelvic pressure (Mariani et al. 2005).
Treatment
Primary treatment of fallopian tube sarcomas overlaps the standard surgical approach to epithelial fallopian tube or ovarian...
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References and Further Reading
Mariani, L., Quattrini, M., Galati, et al. (2005). Primary leiomyosarcoma of the fallopian tube: A case report. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology, 26, 333–335.
Wang, L., Luo, R., Xiong, Z., Xu, J., & Fang, D. (2017). Primary pleomorphic liposarcoma of fallopian tube with recurrence: A case report and review of the literature. Open Med, 12, 485–488.
Xia, L. F., Ye, S., Shen, X., et al. (2018). Primary leiomyosarcoma of the fallopian tube: Three case reports and review of the literature. Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 57, 456–461.
You, D., Wang, Q., Jiang, W., et al. (2018). Primary leiomyosarcoma of the fallopian tube. A case report and literature review. Medicine, 97(17), e0536.
Zagouri, F., Dimopoulus, A. M., et al. (2011). Sarcomas of the fallopian tube: Disentangling a rare entity. Onkologie, 134, 132–138.
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Alvarado-Cabrero, I. (2022). Malignant Mesenchymal Tumors, Pathology of the Fallopian Tube. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_5637-1
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