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Leptomeningeal metastasis in a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix: Report of a case and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Han Liying,
Bhan Raj,
Johnson Samuel,
Zak Imad,
Husain Mujtaba,
AlAbbadi Mousa A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.20705
Subject(s) - medicine , uterine cervix , cervix , pathology , basal cell , metastasis , cerebrospinal fluid , stage (stratigraphy) , carcinoma , cancer , paleontology , biology
Leptomeningeal spread of advanced squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the uterine cervix is unusual. To our knowledge, very few cases were reported in the English literature. We report a case of a 39‐yr‐old woman who presented with leptomeningeal metastasis from a stage IIb SCC of uterine cervix. The diagnosis was made by cytomorphological examination of smears obtained from cerebrospinal fluid. The cytomorphological features are demonstrated. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2007;35:660‐662. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.