A Case of Cervical Adenocarcinoma with Pulmonary Metastasis Resembling Miliary Tuberculosis.
- Author:
So Hee SOHN
1
;
Nah Hae MEUNG
;
Heung Tae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University, Medical College, Cheonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Adenocarcinoma;
Cervix;
Pulmonary metastasis
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma*;
Biopsy;
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell;
Cervix Uteri;
Female;
Humans;
Incidence;
Lung;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Prognosis;
Tuberculosis, Miliary*;
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- From:Journal of the Korean Cancer Association
1997;29(1):176-181
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cervical cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer, accounting for 22.2% of all cancers in Korean women and is almost of squamous cell type. The reported incidence of adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix varies from 4 to 20% of all cervical malignancies, and have shown an increase in the percentage of adenocarcinoma. Adenocarcinoma may have a slightly poorer prognosis than squamous cell carcinoma for each stage of disease. Pulmonary metastases are observed in 2~9% of patients and correlates with stage of disease. We report a case of cervical adenocarcinoma with pulmonary metastases simulating miliary tuberculosis. These metastases was confirmed by open lung biopsy.
