Primary fallopian tube carcinoma: a case report

Primary cancer of the fallopian tube is very rare and their preoperative diagnosis is difficult due to the lack of specific symptoms. We report a case in a patient aged 42 years, discovered after abdominopelvic mass. Total surgery was performed, followed by platinum-based chemotherapy. The authors r...

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Autores principales: Boufettal, Houssine, Samouh, Naïma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25426210
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.18.263.4903
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description Primary cancer of the fallopian tube is very rare and their preoperative diagnosis is difficult due to the lack of specific symptoms. We report a case in a patient aged 42 years, discovered after abdominopelvic mass. Total surgery was performed, followed by platinum-based chemotherapy. The authors report a review of the literature regarding the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of this cancer.
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spelling pubmed-42421102014-11-25 Primary fallopian tube carcinoma: a case report Boufettal, Houssine Samouh, Naïma Pan Afr Med J Case Report Primary cancer of the fallopian tube is very rare and their preoperative diagnosis is difficult due to the lack of specific symptoms. We report a case in a patient aged 42 years, discovered after abdominopelvic mass. Total surgery was performed, followed by platinum-based chemotherapy. The authors report a review of the literature regarding the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of this cancer. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4242110/ /pubmed/25426210 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.18.263.4903 Text en © Houssine Boufettal et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of 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_short Primary fallopian tube carcinoma: a case report
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