Bilateral Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma with the Classical Clinical Features: A Case Report
Published: April 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.2894
Neetha Vyas M., Supriya Rai, Lakshmi Manjeera, Darshith Shetty
1. Assistant Professor, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy,
Nitte University, Karnataka, India.
2. Professor, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy,
Nitte University, Karnataka, India.
3. Associate Professor, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy,
Nitte University, Karnataka, India.
4. Assistant Professor, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy,
Nitte University, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Neetha Vyas M.,
‘Ashraya’, 1st main, 3rd Cross, Subashnagar,
Mangalore-575001, Karnataka, India.
Phone: +91 9900001287
E-mail: nvyas_21@yahoo.com
Bilateral primary fallopian tube carcinoma is a rare diagnosis in our gynaecological practice. Very often, the diagnosis is mistaken for an ovarian carcinoma or a tubo-ovarian mass. A correct, preoperative diagnosis is made only in 4% of the cases. This is due to the nonspecific symptoms. The Latzko’s triad of a watery vaginal discharge, a colicky lower abdominal pain and a pelvic mass is typical of a fallopian tube carcinoma, but this triad is noted only in less than 15% of the patients. Here, we are reporting such a case where the patient presented with all the classical features of a primary fallopian tube carcinoma. This case is also being reported for it’s extreme rarity.
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