Preoperative diagnosis of primary fallopian tube carcinoma by transvaginal ultrasound, cytological finding and ca-125

Sonographic diagnosis of Fallopian tube carcinoma

“…Of these, 14 were thought to represent ovarian or endometrial carcinoma on the basis of clinical presentation, physical examination and preoperative imaging, and only 3/20 cases were suspected to be primary FTC before surgery. Nevertheless, preoperative diagnosis of primary FTC has been reported previously by several authors2, 3, 7–15.…”

Psammoma Bodies and Cells from <i>in Situ</i> Fallopian Tube Carcinoma in Endometrial Smears

“…21 Diagnosis at early stages is usually fortuitous because the lesion follows a silent and protracted course with almost no symptoms. 1,14,15 In this paper a case of in situ fallopian tube carci-noma showing psammoma bodies is described.…”

Preoperative diagnosis of the primary Fallopian tube carcinoma by three‐dimensional static and power Doppler sonography

“…Indeed, tubal malignancy displays angiogenesis which can be detected by color and pulsed Doppler 5–7 . These reports demonstrated the potential of transvaginal color Doppler to depict tumor neovascularization and low resistance indices (< 0.40) typical of tubal malignancy (Table 4). The largest series of preoperatively diagnosed Fallopian tube malignancy using transvaginal color Doppler was reported by our group 6 . Transvaginal color and pulsed Doppler aided in the diagnoses of eight cases of tubal malignancy, based on visualization of the malignant tumor vessels with decreased resistance index due to reduced muscular wall and incomplete endothelium.…”

“…Some improvements have been made by the use of transvaginal color Doppler and several recent reports proved that this modality is more reliable than other costly diagnostic procedures used in diagnosis of Fallopian tube carcinoma 5–7 . We anticipated that three‐dimensional static sonography together with 3‐D power Doppler facilities would improve the detection rate by multiplanar visualization of morphology and characteristic vessel architecture of a malignant tumor located inside the Fallopian tube.…”