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WHO Classification of Tumors of the Fallopian Tube

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The current WHO classification of tumors of the Fallopian Tube corresponds to:

  • The fifth edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of female genital tumors published in 2020 (Brenton, 2020).

These revisions where performed after consideration by a large international group of pathologists with special expertise in this area. The WHO histologic typing of tumors of the fallopian tube is presented in Table 1.

Table 1 WHO classification of tumors of the fallopian tube
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  1. Department of Pathology, Mexican Oncology Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico

    Isabel Alvarado-Cabrero

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Alvarado-Cabrero, I. (2022). WHO Classification of Tumors of the Fallopian Tube. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_5634-1

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