title: Leptomeningeal metastasis in a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix: Report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: Leptomeningeal spread of advanced squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the uterine cervix is unusual. To our knowledge, very few cases were reported in the English literature. We report a case of a 39-yr-old woman who presented with leptomeningeal metastasis from a stage IIb SCC of uterine cervix. The diagnosis was made by cytomorphological examination of smears obtained from cerebrospinal fluid. The cytomorphological features are demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Wayne State University and Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
authors.forename: Liying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhan
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Imad
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zak
authors.forename: Mujtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: Mousa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Al-Abbadi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*