PRIMARY TUBAL CARCINOMA - A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 4 CASES WITH A LITERATURE-REVIEW

With an incidence of 0.1% to 1.0% of all genital malignancies, primary tubal carcinoma is a rare malignant disease of the female genital tra ct. The prognosis is generally regarded as very poor. It is comparable with that of ovarian carcinoma. From 1980-1995, four patients were tr eated for primary tubal carcinoma at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the University of Homburg/Saar. FIGO stages IIa-IV were manifested as the primary stage. Surgery was performed as primary trea tment in all patients. Both chemotherapy and percutaneous radiation we re used as adjuvant postoperative therapy. The recurrence-free interva l was 18-30 months. One patient died 21 months after primary diagnosis . The other free patients are in a period of follow-up observation of 16-96 months in an NC or CR status.