Open AccessUnusual presentation of metastatic carcinoma cervix with clinically silent primary identified by 18 F-flouro deoxy glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Author(s) -
Ramalingam Senthil,
Ranjan K. Mohapatra,
Shripriya Srinivas,
Mouleeswaran Koramadai Sampath,
Sumati Sundaraiya
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.178267
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , presentation (obstetrics) , cervix , positron emission tomography , radiology , vagina , vaginal bleeding , carcinoma , computed tomography , cancer , pathology , surgery , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Carcinoma cervix is the most common gynecological malignancy among Indian women. The common symptoms at presentation include abnormal vaginal bleeding, unusual discharge from the vagina, or pain during coitus and postmenopausal bleeding. Rarely, few patients may present with distant metastases without local symptoms. We present two patients with an unusual presentation of metastatic disease without any gynecological symptoms, where (18)F-flouro deoxy glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography helped in identifying the primary malignancy in the uterine cervix.