1 |
1978 |
Starr et al. [2] (USA) |
26-Year-old woman (G2P1) |
Normal delivery and immediate postpartum tubal ligation |
Check-up every 3 months during a non-specified period |
Interpretation as grade 1 primary adenocarcinoma of the Fallopian tube |
Total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy performed due to report of malignancy |
No anomalies reported |
2-5 |
1980 |
Saffos et al. [1] (USA) |
Four women between 27 to 33 years of age (multiparous; non-specified number of pregnancies) |
Normal delivery and tubal ligation in every case |
No evidence of disease in three patients after different times of evaluation (1 year 6 months, 2 years and 6 years postoperatively) |
Original description of the tumour: oncocytic and mucinous epithelia |
Two patients had total abdominal hysterectomies with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomies because of uncertainty about the malignancy of the lesions |
Mucinous component (intracytoplasmic vacuoles) reactive for mucicarmine stain |
One patient had used oral contraceptives several years previously |
Only one mitosis noticed in one of the cases |
One of the cases was lost during follow-up |
6 |
1988 |
Keeney and Thrasher [3] (USA) |
27-Year-old Mexican woman (G3P1A1) |
Premature rupture of foetal membranes with subsequent caesarean delivery |
Without disease after 4 years of follow-up |
No gross abnormalities |
Description of a luminal acidophilic secretion mucicarmine-positive |
Hypothyroidism requiring L-tiroxine therapy |
Simultaneous tubal ligation |
Recognition of only one tripolar mitosis |
First ultrastructural description by means of transmission electron microscopy |
7 |
1989 |
Bartnik et al. [4] (USA) |
23-Year-old woman (G3P2) |
Vaginal delivery and tubal ligation (Pomeroy technique) |
Postoperative recovery and discharge |
Gross description of a pale-yellow mucoid material (extracellular mucin within the tubal lumen) |
Respiratory and urinary tract infections treated with ampicillin during the second and third trimesters |
No mitotic activity |
First description of the cell immunophenotype: CK (+) and EMA (+) |
Minimal chronic salpingitis observed in both tubes |
8 |
1999 |
Pang [5] (Taiwan) |
52-Year-old non-pregnant Taiwanese woman (G5P3A2) |
Laparoscopic resection of both Fallopian tubes |
Non-available information |
Tumour localized in the right salpinx |
Intracellular mucin reactive for PAS, alcian blue and mucicarmine stains |
Consumption of progesterone-only oral contraceptives when she was 26 years old |
Extracellular mucine present on the surface of some papillae |
Complaint of lower abdominal fullness |
Simultaneous finding of degenerated, partially calcified chorionic villi in both Fallopian tubes (bilateral ectopic pregnancies) |
Bilateral hydrosalpinx by ultrasonography |
9 |
2003 |
Solomon et al. [6] (USA) |
26-Year-old woman (G5P3A1) |
Labor induction at 39 weeks using oxytocin |
No complaints after her 6-week postpartum visit |
Involvement of the left Fallopian tube by an exophytic, papillary lesion mucicarmine (+), EMA (+) and CK AE1/AE3 (+) |
Last pregnancy conceived while using oral contraceptives |
Vaginal delivery and bilateral tubal ligation via Pomeroy procedure on postpartum day 1 |
Unexplained serum FP elevation during the 15th week of gestation |
Associated chronic salpingitis and focal decidualization in the ipsilateral tube |
10 |
2011 |
DAdda et al. [7] (Italy) |
31-Year-old woman at her 40th week of gestation |
Caesarean delivery due to podalic version |
Non-available information |
Microsatellital analysis of eight chromosomal regions involved in ovarian carcinogenesis: molecular profile probably similar to a subset of minimally altered low-grade borderline serous tumours |