[A clinicopathological study of pulmonary metastases in carcinoma of the uterine cervix].
Carcinoma of the uterine cervix was evaluated in 1,121 patients at Kure National Hospital, Hiroshima, between 1969 and 1987. The patients were retrospectively evaluated for the presence of pulmonary metastases. On chest radiography, 35 patients were found to have metastases. Pulmonary metastases were seen in 3.1% of patients with carcinoma of the cervix. Thirty-two patients out of 35 could be evaluated about their clinical stage, histology, and disease course: 3 patients were classified into stage Ib, 10 were stage II, 15 were stage III, and 4 were stage IV. Histologically, 27 patients were squamous cell carcinoma, 2 were adenocarcinoma, and 3 were others. Mean interval from initial disease staging to detection of lung metastases was 17.1 months. Once pulmonary spread was discovered, half of them expired within 4 months. Twenty-two patients had other focus of metastasis besides lung.
Takemura
M
M
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kure National Hospital.
Yamasaki
M
M
Shimizu
H
H
Okamoto
E
E
Sawada
M
M
Yamane
T
T
Katayama
S
S
Hada
Y
Y
Nosaki
K
K
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms