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Fallopian Tube Mucinous Metaplasia

MedGen UID:
926826
•Concept ID:
C4289294
•
Finding

Definition

Metaplastic mucinous changes in the fallopian tube epithelium. It may be seen in association with gynecological, appendiceal, or colonic mucinous tumors, or chronic inflammation. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFallopian Tube Mucinous Metaplasia

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ovarian Epithelial Inclusions With Mucinous Differentiation: A Clinicopathologic Study of 42 Cases.
Seidman JD, Krishnan J
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2017 Jul;36(4):372-376. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0000000000000348. PMID: 27801756
Recent concepts of ovarian carcinogenesis: type I and type II.
Koshiyama M, Matsumura N, Konishi I
Biomed Res Int 2014;2014:934261. Epub 2014 Apr 23 doi: 10.1155/2014/934261. PMID: 24868556Free PMC Article
Mucinous metaplasia of the fallopian tube: a diagnostic pitfall mimicking metastasis.
Wong AK, Seidman JD, Barbuto DA, McPhaul LW, Silva EG
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2011 Jan;30(1):36-40. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181f45f28. PMID: 21131836
The origin and pathogenesis of epithelial ovarian cancer: a proposed unifying theory.
Kurman RJ, Shih IeM
Am J Surg Pathol 2010 Mar;34(3):433-43. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181cf3d79. PMID: 20154587Free PMC Article
The ultrastructure of selected gynecologic neoplasms.
Dickersin GR
Clin Lab Med 1987 Mar;7(1):117-56. PMID: 3030611

Diagnosis

Gastric-phenotype Mucinous Carcinoma of the Fallopian Tube with Secondary Ovarian Involvement in a Woman with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: A Case Report.
Bronte Anaut M, Arredondo Montero J, Fernández Seara MP, Guarch Troyas R
Int J Surg Pathol 2023 Feb;31(1):92-97. Epub 2022 Apr 24 doi: 10.1177/10668969221095264. PMID: 35466733
Primary Mucinous Carcinoma of the Fallopian Tube: Case Report and Review of Literature.
Wheal A, Jenkins R, Mikami Y, Das N, Hirschowitz L
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2017 Jul;36(4):393-399. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0000000000000330. PMID: 27662036
Mucinous metaplasia of the fallopian tube: a diagnostic pitfall mimicking metastasis.
Wong AK, Seidman JD, Barbuto DA, McPhaul LW, Silva EG
Int J Gynecol Pathol 2011 Jan;30(1):36-40. doi: 10.1097/PGP.0b013e3181f45f28. PMID: 21131836
Atypical mucinous metaplasia and intraepithelial neoplasia of the female genital tract--a case report and review of the literature.
Anjarwalla S, Rollason TP, Rooney N, Hirschowitz L
Int J Gynecol Cancer 2007 Sep-Oct;17(5):1147-50. Epub 2007 Apr 13 doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00939.x. PMID: 17433059
The ultrastructure of selected gynecologic neoplasms.
Dickersin GR
Clin Lab Med 1987 Mar;7(1):117-56. PMID: 3030611

Prognosis

GATA3 as a master regulator for interactions of tumor-associated macrophages with high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma.
El-Arabey AA, Denizli M, Kanlikilicer P, Bayraktar R, Ivan C, Rashed M, Kabil N, Ozpolat B, Calin GA, Salama SA, Abd-Allah AR, Sood AK, Lopez-Berestein G
Cell Signal 2020 Apr;68:109539. Epub 2020 Jan 11 doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2020.109539. PMID: 31935430
Nongynecologic metastases to fallopian tube mucosa: a potential mimic of tubal high-grade serous carcinoma and benign tubal mucinous metaplasia or nonmucinous hyperplasia.
Rabban JT, Vohra P, Zaloudek CJ
Am J Surg Pathol 2015 Jan;39(1):35-51. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000293. PMID: 25025442
Recent concepts of ovarian carcinogenesis: type I and type II.
Koshiyama M, Matsumura N, Konishi I
Biomed Res Int 2014;2014:934261. Epub 2014 Apr 23 doi: 10.1155/2014/934261. PMID: 24868556Free PMC Article
Classification of adnexal tumors by transvaginal color Doppler.
Prömpeler HJ, Madjar H, Sauerbrei W
Gynecol Oncol 1996 Jun;61(3):354-63. doi: 10.1006/gyno.1996.0156. PMID: 8641615
Mucinous lesions of the fallopian tube. A report of seven cases.
Seidman JD
Am J Surg Pathol 1994 Dec;18(12):1205-12. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199412000-00003. PMID: 7977943

Clinical prediction guides

Clinicopathological Characteristics of Metaplastic Papillary Tumor of the Fallopian Tube.
Jang MI, Sung JY, Kim JY, Kim HS
Anticancer Res 2017 Jul;37(7):3693-3701. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.11741. PMID: 28668862
High-grade serous carcinomas arise in the mouse oviduct via defects linked to the human disease.
Zhai Y, Wu R, Kuick R, Sessine MS, Schulman S, Green M, Fearon ER, Cho KR
J Pathol 2017 Sep;243(1):16-25. Epub 2017 Jul 25 doi: 10.1002/path.4927. PMID: 28608929Free PMC Article
Nongynecologic metastases to fallopian tube mucosa: a potential mimic of tubal high-grade serous carcinoma and benign tubal mucinous metaplasia or nonmucinous hyperplasia.
Rabban JT, Vohra P, Zaloudek CJ
Am J Surg Pathol 2015 Jan;39(1):35-51. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000293. PMID: 25025442
Polypoid endometriosis: a clinicopathologic analysis of 24 cases and a review of the literature.
Parker RL, Dadmanesh F, Young RH, Clement PB
Am J Surg Pathol 2004 Mar;28(3):285-97. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200403000-00001. PMID: 15104291
Differential expression of MUC2 and MUC5AC in benign and malignant glandular lesions of the cervix uteri.
Riethdorf L, O'Connell JT, Riethdorf S, Cviko A, Crum CP
Virchows Arch 2000 Oct;437(4):365-71. doi: 10.1007/s004280000273. PMID: 11097361

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