Open AccessCarcinoma cervix presenting with clivus metastasis
Author(s) -
Arpitha S Rao,
Manjunath Nandennavar,
Geeta S Narayanan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.138192
Subject(s) - clivus , medicine , cervix , lesion , metastasis , radiology , pathology , carcinoma , brain metastasis , surgery , cancer , skull
We present an unusual case of a large metastatic lesion from carcinoma cervix located in the clivus. Patient presented with severe headache and vomiting, mimicking an intracranial pathology. Radiological imaging suggested metastatic origin of the lesion and later on investigations revealed primary in the uterine cervix. The anatomic importance of extradural neural axis component in the process of metastasis of carcinoma cervix to the clivus is highlighted in this case report