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Brain metastasis from uterine cervical cancer
Author(s) -
Park Sae Hyun,
Ro Duck Yeong,
Park Byung Joon,
Kim Yong Wook,
Kim Tae Eung,
Jung Jae Keun,
Lee Jung Whee,
Kim Ji Yoon,
Han Chi Wha
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.1447-0756.2010.01219.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , brain metastasis , cervical cancer , lymphatic system , metastasis , cervix , lymph , cancer , primary treatment , cervical lymph nodes , basal cell , disease , radiology , surgery , pathology
Uterine cervical cancer usually spreads by local extension and through the rich lymphatic network to the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. However, brain metastasis from primary cervical cancer is extremely rare. They are usually seen late in the clinical course and have poor prognosis. We present a 48‐year‐old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix who developed multiple brain metastases after 30‐month treatment of the primary disease. The patient received whole brain radiation therapy and steroids, and she is alive without any neurologic symptoms and signs at the 6‐month follow‐up after treatment of the recurrence.