Open AccessJejunal metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix presenting as an abdominal wall abscess
Author(s) -
Kavita Mardi,
Ravi Sharma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
archives of medicine and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-6085
pISSN - 2321-4848
DOI - 10.4103/2321-4848.183360
Subject(s) - medicine , cervix , metastasis , basal cell , chemoradiotherapy , jejunum , pathology , radiology , oncology , gastroenterology , cancer
Metastatic tumors of the intestinal tract from extra-abdominal sites are rare. In cervical cancer, the liver, lung, and the bones are the most common distant sites of metastases. Metastasis to the small intestine is very rare. We report a rare case of metastasis of cervical squamous cell carcinoma to jejunum after a few months of chemoradiotherapy