Intracranial metastases from adenocarcinoma of cervix: a case report.
Carcinoma of cervix usually spreads contiguously to the adjacent organs, by lymphatics to the pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes and by hematogenous route to distant organs. The common sites of distant metastasis are lung, supraclavicular lymph nodes, liver, and bones. The brain is a rare site of metastasis. We report here a rare case of a 72-year-old woman with carcinoma of cervix, FIGO stage IIA, who developed metastases to the brain.
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Rohini-V, New Delhi, India. ysnagar@yahoo.com
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*