Rare Case of Fallopian Tube Cancer in an Elderly Woman

Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma (PFTC) are rare and generally accounts only for 0.3 to 1 % of all gynaecologic malignancies. The most common symptoms are abnormal vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge, and/or abdominal pain. Any vaginal bleeding in post-menopausal woman should get prior attention and must be diagnosed immediately. Surgical intervention and chemotherapy are widely used treatments for PFTC.

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Emmanuel N. Kontomanolis, Antonios Koutras, Thomas Ntounis, Michail Diakosavvas, Kyveli Angelou, Athina A. Samara, Themistoklis Grigoriadis, Pelagia Kadari, Ioannis Tsirkas, Marianna Theodora, Zacharias Fasoulakis, "Primary Fallopian Tube Cancer in an 89-Year-Old Patient", Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 2021, Article ID 2870057, 4 pages, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/2870057