title: Scalp metastasis in carcinoma of the uterine cervix--a rare entity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Distant metastasis in carcinoma of uterine cervix is a rare manifestation and bone metastasis is uncommon.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 60-year-old woman treated by radical radiotherapy for moderately differentiated cervical carcinoma FIGO stage IIIB presented 4 months later with swelling over right side of the scalp. Fine needle aspiration cytology from swelling showed poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma. X-ray of the skull was suggestive of osteolytic metastasis of calvaria.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bone metastasis in cervical carcinoma is a late manifestation of advanced malignancy and heralds poor prognosis. Scalp metastasis is a very rarely reported phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak- 124001, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Umber
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Pushpa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dahiya
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: Krishna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sangwan
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Purwar
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D012886:Skull; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*