Leptomeningeal metastasis in a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix: Report of a case and review of the literature.
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.
Han
Liying
L
Department of Pathology, Wayne State University and Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
Bhan
Raj
R
Johnson
Samuel
S
Zak
Imad
I
Husain
Mujtaba
M
Al-Abbadi
Mousa A
MA
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*