Small bowel metastasis of uterine cervical adenocarcinoma

• Published in: BMJ case reports Vol. 2013; p. 007896
• Main Authors: Sugimoto, Takuya, Mike, Makio, Abe, Masaru, Kano, Nobuyasu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 26.08.2013; BMJ Publishing Group
• Series: Case Report
• Subjects: 80 Years; Adenocarcinoma - secondary; Aged, 80 and over; Asia; Cancer therapies; Cervical cancer; Female; Gangrene; Hospitals; Human papillomavirus; Humans; Ileal Neoplasms - secondary; Intestinal Perforation - etiology; Metastasis; Other Asian; Radiation therapy; Rare Disease; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - pathology

A few cases of small bowel metastasis from uterine cervical cancer have been previously reported. All reported cases were connected to squamous cell carcinoma, while none were associated with cervical adenocarcinoma. This report is of a rare case of cervical adenocarcinoma that haematogenously metas...