Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the cervix: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Adenocarcinoma metastatic to the cervix is unusual. Very few cases of cervical metastases from gastrointestinal tract primary lesions have been reported in the literature, and most of them lack pathological evidence.


METHODS
We report the case of a 75-year-old woman with a metastasis to the cervix from a large bowel adenocarcinoma that had been managed by right hemicolectomy 14 months previously. The cervical metastasis was the first sign of recurrence.


CONCLUSIONS
In women with cervical adenocarcinoma and a history of gastrointestinal or breast cancer or melanoma, specific screening should be undertaken to ensure that the cervical disease is not metastatic. The detection of adenocarcinoma in this subset of patients might be an indication of recurrent disease.
Millaire
Mélanie
M
Département d'obstétrique-gynécologie, division d'oncologie-gynécologie, Université de Montréal, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal, Montréal (Québec).
Alobaid
Abdulaziz
A
Gariépy
Gilles
G
Gauthier
Philippe
P
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*