Primary transitional cell carcinoma of the fallopian tube: A case report and review of the literature

Primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube is extremely rare and the preoperat ive diagnosis is often misdiagnosed as an ovarian carcinoma. We report a pa tient with primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube, strongly suspected preo peratively on the basis of characteristic clinical symptoms, elevated CA125 levels, and transvaginal sonography, computed tomography, and magnetic res onance imaging findings. The histology of fallopian tube carcinoma was demo nstrated as transitional cell carcinoma. Extensive review of the literature showed that our case seemed to be the 14th case of primary transitional ce ll carcinoma of the fallopian tube. (C) 1998 Academic Press.