[Metastasis in patients with uterine tube carcinoma]

Lymphogenic, hematogenic and implanted metastases in 10 women with carcinoma of the uterine tube, treated at the gynecological clinic of the National Oncological Center for the period of 1977-1988, were described. The patients were of the age of 44 to 65 years. Lymphogenic metastases were discovered in: iliac lymph nodes (l. n.) in 4 women, inguinal l. n.--in 2 patients, supraclavicular l. n. in 1 woman and paraaortic l. n.--in one woman. Metastases were found on the anterior abdominal wall in 3 patients, but in two cases in ovaries, omentum, liver, lung. They were discovered in other abdominal organs in single cases. Metastases occurred from 5 months to 8 years since the onset of the disease. Eight patients died from 1 to 3 years after establishment of metastases, but 2 women continued treatment for 2 and 3 years respectively.