A rare case of primary lung adenocarcinoma detected by routine liquid-based cervical cytology.
Cervical cytology is mainly used for the screening and detection of early cervical cancers and its precursors. Rarely, detection of malignant cells in cervical cytology specimens is the first manifestation of an extrauterine (EU) malignancy. We report a case of a 49-year-old female in which adenocarcinoma initially diagnosed on routine, liquid-based cervical cytology led to the detection of a primary lung cancer.
Khan
A M
AM
Department of Pulmonary, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10463, USA. dramirkhan@hotmail.com
Jain
V R
VR
Schlesinger
K
K
Mahadevia
P
P
Haigentz
M
M
Berman
A R
AR
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000379:methods*