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Cancer that originates in the fallopian tubes is rare and occurs most frequently among postmenopausal women. The case of a 29-year-old woman with this cancer is reported. She underwent surgery due to infertility, and abnormal tubercular infection of the fallopian tubes was found. Cancer was diagnosed six months later, and her fallopian tubes were removed. Further treatment was not considered on the basis of a lack of cancerous cells in the washes of the abdominal cavity. One year later, biopsies were negative, and using eggs from the patient, she was treated with in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. She was successfully delivered of a healthy infant, and remains negative for cancer. The study notes that fallopian tube carcinoma is associated with inflammatory processes such as tubercular infection. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)