title: Skull metastasis from carcinoma of the cervix: a rare case and review of the literature.
abstract: Skeletal metastasis from carcinoma of the cervix occurs in 0.8-23% of cases. The majority of bone metastases occur either in the long bones or in the vertebrae. Metastasis to distal bones like the skull is rare. Metastasis to bone is commonly associated with advanced stage and poor control of primary disease. We present a rare case of scalp metastasis in a patient with stage IIIB carcinoma of the cervix. The patient had completed radiation therapy treatment resulting in controlled primary disease until she was diagnosed with skull bone metastasis. We present this case because of its rarity and for documentation and discussion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, AHRCC, Cuttack, India.
authors.forename: Asit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohanty
authors.forename: Debnarayan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Diptirani
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Samanta
authors.forename: Surendranath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Senapati
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy