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Choriocarcinoma of the fallopian tube associated with induced superovulation in an IVF program; a case report.

The authors present a case of choriocarcinoma of the fallopian tube. The patient was enrolled in an IVF program and to our knowledge this is the first report of a choriocarcinoma following treatment with clomiphene citrate and hMG. The possible role of superovulation in inducing the tumour is discussed. The patient was treated by conservative surgery only and is in remission 1.5 years after the event.

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Primary carcinoma of fallopian tube: experience of six cases.

Between 1980 and 1993, six cases of primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube were diagnosed and treated at the Hospital of Rovigo. Median age was 64.6 years; the most frequent symptom was atypical vaginal bleeding; only one patient presented a history compatible with hydrops tubae profluens. No patient in this series had a correct preoperative diagnosis. In Papanicolau smears and endometrial currettage, one case was positive for cancer. Primary surgical treatment was performed in all cases, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. Histologic differentiation was Grade 2 in three patients and Grade 3 in three patients. Staging was by a system analogous to the FIGO classification for ovarian carcinoma. Two patients had Stage I disease; one, Stage II; two, Stage III; and one, Stage IV. Two patients died 14 and 37 months after the initial diagnosis. Three patients without clinical evidence of disease underwent second look procedures; the patients were alive and disease free with follow up ranging from 45 to 55 months. One patient is alive 4 months after surgery. In this series survival was not associated with grade, but was dependent upon stage. In our study, the prognostic value of the second- and third-look procedures are discussed.

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Laparoscopy as a diagnostic aid in women with localized ureteral obstruction due to endometriosis.

Endometriosis is a common disease which can produce localized ureteral obstruction. Many women will have significant disease without any clinical signs or symptoms until they present with distal ureteral obstruction. In the reported literature, the diagnosis of ureteral involvement by endometriosis usually has been made at surgery. It is therefore suggested that women with distal ureteral obstruction not attributable to calculous disease undergo laparoscopy in an attempt to rule out endometriosis as the cause of ureteral obstruction.

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Malignant mixed Müllerian tumor of the fallopian tube: report of a case with 5-year survival.

The literature reveals a total of only 25 cases of malignant mixed Müllerian tumor of the fallopian tube. Another case is presented; the patient is well and without evidence of disease more than 5 years after the operative treatment. She also received postoperatively adjuvant cytostatic treatment with cyclophosphamide, vincristine, adriamycin, and external radiation therapy. An aggressive mode of treatment is recommended in this rare disease due to the usually very poor prognosis.

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Circulating IgG-specific immune complexes as a potential tumor marker in gynecological malignancies.

A longitudinal study of circulating immune complexes (CIC) of the IgG class has been undertaken in patients presenting for operation of active malignant disease of the female reproductive tract. These values were compared with data obtained during subsequent clinical remission and prior to the clinical diagnosis of relapse. The results showed that irrespective of the site of disease (e.g., ovary, fallopian tube, cervix, endometrium, or vagina) values for CIC were elevated in most patients compared to controls. Postoperative remission status was associated with a significant decrease in values for all tumor sites. Similarly, relapse was associated with elevation of CIC levels to values similar to the preoperative concentrations. It is concluded that CIC may provide a useful biochemical marker of the progression of malignant disease.

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Second-look laparotomy in fallopian tube carcinoma.

From August 1974 through August 1980, eight patients with primary fallopian tube carcinoma underwent second-look laparotomies at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. Prior to the second-look laparotomies all patients were clinically free of disease. Initial treatment consisted of surgery and chemotherapy for four of these patients, surgery and radiation therapy for two patients, and surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy for two patients. The second-look laparotomies showed five patients were free of disease, one patient had microscopic residual disease, and two patients had persistent macroscopic disease. Recurrences following negative second-look laparotomies developed in two patients. One recurrence occurred at 41 months after the procedure and the other 69 months afterward. Both patients lived more than 5 years after the second-look laparotomies were performed. Three patients with negative findings at second-look procedures and the patient with microscopic residual disease remain clinically free of disease 34, 53, 74, and 50 months after the laparotomies, respectively. Following additional chemotherapy, the two patients who evidenced macroscopic disease at the second-look procedure died 16 and 32 months following the second-look laparotomies. The second-look findings can be used to predict disease behavior and may have a role in the management of patients with fallopian tube carcinoma.

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Mullerian inhibiting substance reduction of colony growth of human gynecologic cancers in a stem cell assay.

Mullerian Inhibiting Substance (MIS), a fetal testicular product that causes regression of the Mullerian duct in the male mammalian embryo, was evaluated for its antitumor effect on the premise that a substance active against this genital precursor in the fetus might also be active against tumors derived from these tissues. Increasingly pure fractions of biologically active MIS, prepared from newborn calf testes, were tested in the soft agar colony inhibition assay against single cell suspensions of fresh tumors derived in ascitic or solid form from patients with gynecologic malignancies. Twenty-eight tumor specimens placed in soft agar culture have provided sufficient growth to assess an MIS effect. Twenty-five of these 28 tumors showed significant colony inhibition after incubation with MIS. Increased antitumor response correlated with increased purification of MIS when the same tumor was treated with preparations of different purity. Samples obtained from the same patient at different times, from both ascites and solid tumor sources, produced nearly identical responses to MIS. MIS preparations, previously shown to be active in microcytotoxicity and colony inhibition assays against established human ovarian and endometrial carcinoma lines demonstrate consistent antitumor activity against fresh human gynecologic cancers removed at surgery.

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Fallopian tube adenocarcinoma: common extraperitoneal recurrence.

Fallopian tube adenocarcinoma is a rare gynecologic tumor that spreads like epithelial ovarian carcinoma. From 1954 to 1982, thirty patients with tubal adenocarcinomas were treated at UCLA and by the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. The mean age was 52 years. Pain, irregular or postmenopausal bleeding, and vaginal discharge were the most common presenting symptoms. Twenty-two had undergone previous pelvic or abdominal surgery. A pelvic mass was the most common physical finding, while Pap smears, IVP, and BE were rarely helpful in making the diagnosis or planning treatment. All of the patients in this report underwent primary therapeutic surgery. Nineteen patients received radiation and fourteen, systemic chemotherapy. Surgical stage was prognostic for survival. Fourteen patients with Stage I and II disease are NED (4 at 2 years; 10 at 5 years). No patients with Stage III or IV disease survived 5 years. Recurrences were noted as late as 6 years after primary therapy and 10 of 14 recurrent sites were extraperitoneal.

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Primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube: evidence for activity of cisplatin combination therapy.

The records of 23 patients with confirmed carcinoma of the fallopian tube, treated between 1966 and 1983, were reviewed. Patients ranged in age from 41 to 88 years. A pelvic mass was the most common preoperative finding (61%), followed by abnormal bleeding (43%), and pain (39%). Fifteen patients had stage I or II disease, 8 had Stage III or IV disease. In patients with metastatic disease, involvement of the peritoneal surfaces, bowel, and omentum were noted most often. Lymph nodes were the most common site(s) of recurrent disease. Twelve evaluable patients with measurable disease were treated with cisplatin and cyclophosphamide (PC) +/- doxorubicin (PAC). There were 9 complete and 2 partial responses, a 92% response rate. Incorporation of cisplatin therapy appears to have resulted in improved short-term survival.

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