Serous adenocarcinoma of the fallopian tube, associated with verrucous carcinoma of the uterine cervix: a case report of synchronic rare gynecological tumors

World J Surg Oncol. 2009 Feb 17:7:20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-7-20.

Abstract

Background: Synchronous gynecological tumors are rare; it is even rarer to find the rarest of gynecological tumors that of the fallopian tube, together with a histological sub-type as rare as verrucous cervix.

Case presentation: We report a synchronic fallopian tube adenocarcinoma and a verrucous cervical cancer. A 85-year-old woman with postmenopausal genital hemorrhage, endometrial biopsy was reported as squamous metaplasia, an exploratory laparotomy was performed finding a tubal tumor diagnosed as adenocarcinoma, a staging procedure was performed. Final staging revealed IB1 cervical carcinoma and IA G3 fallopian tube carcinoma. Adjuvant treatment with chemotherapy was not accepted by the patient. The patient has remained in follow-up, and at 9 months, there has been no documented evidence of recurrent disease.

Conclusion: Reasons for our presentation of this work are: first, due to the rarity of these, and second, because of the usefulness of possessing a case report for establishing a norm for later behavior with respect to treatment of these patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carcinoma, Verrucous / complications
  • Carcinoma, Verrucous / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Verrucous / therapy
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / complications
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / pathology*
  • Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / therapy
  • Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / complications
  • Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / therapy
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / complications
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / therapy