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Skull metastasis from carcinoma of the cervix: A rare case and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Mohanty Asit,
Dutta Debnarayan,
Das Suman,
Samanta Diptirani,
Senapati Surendranath
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 1341-8076
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01139.x
Subject(s) - medicine , skull , metastasis , scalp , bone metastasis , radiation therapy , cervix , stage (stratigraphy) , carcinoma , radiology , surgery , pathology , cancer , paleontology , biology
Skeletal metastasis from carcinoma of the cervix occurs in 0.8–23% of cases. The majority of bone metastases occur either in the long bones or in the vertebrae. Metastasis to distal bones like the skull is rare. Metastasis to bone is commonly associated with advanced stage and poor control of primary disease. We present a rare case of scalp metastasis in a patient with stage IIIB carcinoma of the cervix. The patient had completed radiation therapy treatment resulting in controlled primary disease until she was diagnosed with skull bone metastasis. We present this case because of its rarity and for documentation and discussion.