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dc.contributor.authorBoyle, Emily
dc.contributor.authorNzewi, Emeka
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Iqbal
dc.contributor.authorAl-Akash, Musallam
dc.contributor.authorCrotty, Paul
dc.contributor.authorNeary, Paul C
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-01T10:50:01Z
dc.date.available2012-02-01T10:50:01Z
dc.date.issued2012-02-01T10:50:01Z
dc.identifier.citationArch Gynecol Obstet. 2009 Feb;279(2):251-4. Epub 2008 Jun 12.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn1432-0711 (Electronic)en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0932-0067 (Linking)en_GB
dc.identifier.pmid18548263en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00404-008-0693-5en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/207916
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: 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.
dc.language.isoengen_GB
dc.subject.meshCarcinoma, Small Cell/*diagnosis/pathologyen_GB
dc.subject.mesh*Cholecystectomyen_GB
dc.subject.meshCholelithiasis/surgeryen_GB
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_GB
dc.subject.meshGallbladder Neoplasms/secondaryen_GB
dc.subject.meshHumansen_GB
dc.subject.meshImmunohistochemistryen_GB
dc.subject.meshLaparoscopyen_GB
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_GB
dc.subject.meshPostoperative Complicationsen_GB
dc.subject.meshRenal Insufficiency/etiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshTomography, X-Ray Computeden_GB
dc.subject.meshUreteral Neoplasms/complications/secondaryen_GB
dc.subject.meshUreteral Obstruction/complicationsen_GB
dc.subject.meshUterine Cervical Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathologyen_GB
dc.titleSmall cell cervical cancer: an unusual finding at cholecystectomy.en_GB
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Surgery, Adelaide and Meath Hospital incorporating the National, Children's Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland. emboyle@rcsi.ieen_GB
dc.identifier.journalArchives of gynecology and obstetricsen_GB
dc.description.provinceLeinster
html.description.abstractBACKGROUND: 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.


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