Mature Solid Teratoma of the Fallopian Tube Associated with Uterine Leiomyomas

Chao, Tai-Jong; Chao, Joe; Kuan, Long-Jin; Li, Yiu-Ta; Kuo, Tseug-Cheng; Chang, Yun-Ching; Nieh, Shin

doi:10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70095-9

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Volume 71, Issue 8 , Pages 425-427, August 2008

Mature Solid Teratoma of the Fallopian Tube Associated with Uterine Leiomyomas

Tai-Jong Chao
- Department of Pathology, Kuo General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Joe Chao
- Research Center, Kuo General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Long-Jin Kuan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kuo General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yiu-Ta Li
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kuo General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tseug-Cheng Kuo
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kuo General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yun-Ching Chang
- Department of Pathology and Graduate Institute of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Shin Nieh
- Department of Pathology and Graduate Institute of Pathology, National Defense Medical Center and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
- Correspondence to: Dr Shin Nieh, Department of Pathology and Graduate Institute of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, 325, Cheng-Kung Road, Section 2, Neihu, Taipei 114, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 28 September 2007; accepted 1 April 2008.

Benign solid teratomas within the fallopian tube are rare. The incidence of this kind of benign solid teratoma of the fallopian tube associated with intrauterine leiomyomas is extremely low and may complicate the clinical manifestations. Here, we report a 40-year-old female with periodic lower abdominal pain and hypermenorrhea who was found to have 3 nodules within the uterine myometrium and left distended fallopian tube. Final pathology revealed benign solid teratoma of the fallopian tube associated with 3 intrauterine leiomyomas. Primary teratoma of the fallopian tube is extremely uncommon. Gynecologic oncologists should be aware of the possibility of this disease entity when making differential diagnoses.

Key Words: benign solid teratoma , differential diagnoses , fallopian tube , leiomyoma

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