Open AccessMetastatic cervical carcinoma masquerading as iliopsoas abscess in an HIV negative woman-diagnosed on fine-needle aspiration cytology: A case report
Author(s) -
Abha Sharma,
Aniruna Dey,
Mitesh Gupta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.171251
Subject(s) - medicine , iliopsoas , iliopsoas muscle , malignancy , abscess , metastasis , metastatic carcinoma , radiology , indian subcontinent , cytology , psoas muscles , carcinoma , surgery , pathology , cancer , ancient history , history
The most common pathology in iliopsoas region in the Indian subcontinent is tuberculosis. The iliopsoas compartment can also be affected by other conditions such as hemorrhage and tumors. However, isolated metastasis in the area is usually rare, especially in cases where the primary malignancy is undiagnosed previously. Such cases may be misinterpreted on radiological examination as psoas abscess of infectious origin. Here we present a case of metastasis in psoas muscle from a previously undiagnosed case of carcinoma cervix.