Squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix subsequent to amebiasis.
We studied the development of a well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix five years after cervical infection with Entamoeba histolytica by documenting the findings of specimens obtained by repeated biopsies in a 69-year-old woman. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a malignant neoplasm of the uterine cervix subsequent to amebiasis. Amebiasis superimposed on malignant neoplasms of the female genital tract has been reported before. We raise the question of a possible causal relationship between amebiasis and subsequent squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix.
D000368:Aged; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000150:complications*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology