Small cell cervical cancer: an unusual finding at cholecystectomy.
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Department of Surgery, Adelaide and Meath Hospital incorporating the National, Children's Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland. emboyle@rcsi.ieIssue Date
2012-02-01T10:50:01ZMeSH
Carcinoma, Small Cell/*diagnosis/pathology*Cholecystectomy
Cholelithiasis/surgery
Female
Gallbladder Neoplasms/secondary
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Laparoscopy
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications
Renal Insufficiency/etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ureteral Neoplasms/complications/secondary
Ureteral Obstruction/complications
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology
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Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2009 Feb;279(2):251-4. Epub 2008 Jun 12.Journal
Archives of gynecology and obstetricsDOI
10.1007/s00404-008-0693-5PubMed ID
18548263Abstract
BACKGROUND: Small cell carcinoma of the cervix is a rare cancer, comprising less than 3% of all cervical neoplasms. It uniformly has a poor prognosis, and has a high mortality even with early stage disease. It can metastasise rapidly and metastatic sites include lung, liver, brain, bone, pancreas and lymph nodes. CASE: Here, we report the case of a 60-year-old woman with no symptoms of cervical pathology who developed post-renal failure following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The cause was bilateral ureteric obstruction from metastatic small cell cervical cancer and metastases were subsequently found on her gallbladder specimen. CONCLUSION: This is an unusual presentation of small cell cervical cancer and demonstrates the aggressive nature of this disease.Language
engISSN
1432-0711 (Electronic)0932-0067 (Linking)
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s00404-008-0693-5
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