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Imaging of the pelvis revealed the presence of a two-chambered cystic formation in the anatomical position of the right ovary. It was decided to investigate the disease by laparotomy. Examination of the frozen section from the site of the cystic lesion was negative for malignancy. An abdominal total hysterectomy was performed with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Serous carcinoma of the fallopian tube was diagnosed postoperatively by histological examination of the surgical preparation. Immediately after surgery, the patient\u2019s health was good.The patient was referred to an oncology center and was monitored. Chemotherapy based on platinum and taxane was recommended. Six months after the operation the patient is in good health. The possibility of a second surgery to treat fallopian tube cancer with pelvic lymph node dissectionis under discussion and is expected to be decided by oncologists and gynecologists-oncologists. In this article, after describing the case report, a brief review of this rare entity disease\u2019s diagnostic and therapeutic approach is attempted.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/clinpract12030030","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,22]],"date-time":"2022-04-22T05:07:22Z","timestamp":1650604042000},"page":"253-260","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Primary Fallopian Tube Carcinoma: An Extremely Rare Gynecological Cancer Misdiagnosed Intraoperatively as Benign Ovarian Neoplasm: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Efthymia","family":"Thanasa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dimitra","family":"Stamouli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital in Trikala, Efkli 33, 42100 Trikala, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ektoras-Evangelos","family":"Gerokostas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital in Trikala, Efkli 33, 42100 Trikala, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2957-6057","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Konstantina","family":"Balafa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital in Trikala, Efkli 33, 42100 Trikala, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nikoleta","family":"Koutalia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital in Trikala, Efkli 33, 42100 Trikala, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6665-0167","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ioannis","family":"Thanasas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital in Trikala, Efkli 33, 42100 Trikala, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"83","DOI":"10.4274\/tjod.67355","article-title":"Primarycarcinoma of the fallopian tubes: Analysis of sixteen patients","volume":"12","author":"Eken","year":"2015","journal-title":"Turk. 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