Histologic patterns of primary malignant tumors of the fallopian tube

From 1978 through 1993 four patients underwent surgical treatment of primary fallopian tube rumors. Mean age was 62.5 years. A different histologic pattern was found in each cases: transitional, endometrioid, serous papillary and malignant mixed mesodermal tumor. Prognostic significance of histologic patterns is underlined together with grade and stage; all our cases were included in stage IA. Surgical treatment was, in all cases, hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; in two cases an adjunctive chemotherapy followed. A second look was performed in two cases. All patients are alive and free of disease with a follow-up varying from 15 to 84 months.