Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix with cranial metastasis: A case report
- Author:
Maria Patricia Angelica M. Tanchuling
1
;
Jean Anne B. Toral
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: Cervical cancer; cranial metastasis; scalp metastasis
- MeSH: Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; skull; scalp
- From: Philippine Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2020;44(6):28-31
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
- Abstract: Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common female genital tract malignancy that typically spreads to the pelvic organs first by direct extension, and less commonly to distant sites through lymphangitic and hematogeneous spread. We report on a 47-year-old woman diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma who underwent concurrent chemoradiation, presenting with a fronto-parietal scalp mass which on histopathologic examination also shows squamous cell carcinoma, likely metastatic.
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