Metastatic carcinoma of cervix mimicking psoas abscess on imaging: a case report.
10.3802/jgo.2009.20.2.129
- Author:
Naveen KALRA
1
;
Senthilkumar AIYAPPAN
;
Raje NIJHAWAN
;
S C SHARMA
;
Niranjan KHANDELWAL
Author Information
1. Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. navkal2004@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cervical cancer;
Psoas abscess;
Metastasis
- MeSH:
Cervix Uteri;
Female;
HIV;
Humans;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Psoas Abscess;
Tuberculosis, Spinal;
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- From:Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
2009;20(2):129-131
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cervical cancer can be presented as an unusual and aggressive manner in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive women. There are case reports of psoas abscess which mimick metastasis from cervical carcinoma in HIV-positive patients. However, such cases are very rare in HIV-negative women with only few case reports available in the literature. We report one case of psoas abscess mimicking metastasis in a HIV-negative woman, which was initially diagnosed as spinal tuberculosis.
