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Carcinomatous meningitis during systematic chemotherapy in a patient with advanced small‐cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix
Author(s) -
Watanabe Yoh,
Nakai Hidekatsu,
Imaoka Izumi,
Murakami Takamichi,
Hoshiai Hiroshi
Publication year - 2012
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.1447-0756.2011.01634.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroendocrine carcinoma , chemotherapy , cervix , uterine cervix , carcinoma , cervical cancer , small cell carcinoma , radiology , cervical carcinoma , pathology , oncology , cancer
Carcinoma meningitis with uterine cervical cancer is an extremely rare event. We present the clinicopathologic characteristics and diagnostic imaging findings of a patient with advanced small‐cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix who had developed carcinoma meningitis during systematic chemotherapy.