Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma Arising in the Setting of Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Primary fallopian tube cancer (PFTC) is a rare gynaecological malignancy, clinically often mistaken for pelvic inflammatory disease or ovarian cancer. Three primary fallopian tube carcinomas, arising in a background of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), are presented. The possible associatio...

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Autor principal: Zardawi, Ibrahim M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24527040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/645045
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description Primary fallopian tube cancer (PFTC) is a rare gynaecological malignancy, clinically often mistaken for pelvic inflammatory disease or ovarian cancer. Three primary fallopian tube carcinomas, arising in a background of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), are presented. The possible association between chronic PID and PFTC is discussed and a hypothesies linking these cancers with chronic inflammation is proposed.
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spelling pubmed-39134902014-02-13 Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma Arising in the Setting of Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Zardawi, Ibrahim M. Case Rep Med Case Report Primary fallopian tube cancer (PFTC) is a rare gynaecological malignancy, clinically often mistaken for pelvic inflammatory disease or ovarian cancer. Three primary fallopian tube carcinomas, arising in a background of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), are presented. The possible association between chronic PID and PFTC is discussed and a hypothesies linking these cancers with chronic inflammation is proposed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3913490/ /pubmed/24527040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/645045 Text en Copyright © 2014 Ibrahim M. Zardawi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma Arising in the Setting of Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
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title_fullStr Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma Arising in the Setting of Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
title_full_unstemmed Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma Arising in the Setting of Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
title_short Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma Arising in the Setting of Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
title_sort primary fallopian tube carcinoma arising in the setting of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913490/
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