Retrospective study of histopathological and prognostic characteristics of primary fallopian tube carcinomas: twenty-year experience (SOCRATE).

Primary fallopian tube carcinoma is a biologically distinct tumor from primary epithelial ovarian carcinoma and it is mostly located in the fimbriated end of the tube. In addition, it is characterized by a high rate of retroperitoneal dissemination even at apparently an early stage and its size does not correlate with FIGO stage at presentation.