Abdominal Incision Metastasis from Carcinoma Cervix After Wertheim’s Hysterectomy

Sinhasane, Hema; Rao, Sarvottam B.

doi:10.1007/s13224-013-0365-7

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“…Cervical malignancy accounts for 15 % of female malignancies, which metastasizes to the pelvis, lungs, bones, and liver (1) . Metastasis to the skin is an unusual presentation during the course of carcinoma of the cervix.…”

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CA Cervix metastasising to the abdominal wall – A rare case report

Devkare¹,

Bisht²,

Taye³

et al. 2017

Int. J. Curr. Res. Med. Sci.

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Carcinoma cervix is the leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide. Carcinoma of cervix is second to fourth most common malignancy in women. More than 70% women report at stage III or higher at diagnosis. Metastasis to the skin occurs rarely in gynaecologic cancer. Ca cervix commonly metastasise to bone, lungs and liver. We report a case of carcinoma cervix stage IB2 treated with radical surgery. Patient was advised postoperative radiotherapy. Two and half months after surgery and receiving radiotherapy , She developed pain and lump in the abdominal wall. Ultrasonography revealed subrectus organized haematoma. Two months later she presented with increase in the size of lump in the abdominal wall. FNAC revealed malignant pathology. Excision of the mass was done. Histopathological examination showed non keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma. Cutaneous metastasis is a rarity with carcinoma cervix and is considered as an ominous prognostic sign.

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