Eur J Gynaecol Oncol
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Eur J Gynaecol Oncol · Jan 2004
Review Case ReportsSolitary splenic metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix: a case report and review of the literature.
A 45-year-old patient presented with complaints of vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain. Fractioned probe curettage was performed and reported as Stage IIa, grade 3, squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. The patient underwent radical hysterectomy type III, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, omentectomy, appendectomy, and pelvic para-aortic lymph node dissection according to our clinical protocol. ⋯ The patient died one year after the second surgical operation. Spleen metastasis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is exceedingly rare. Nonetheless we recommend screening of all intra-abdominal organs including the spleen as a rare metastastic site in follow-up examination protocols.
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Eur J Gynaecol Oncol · Jan 2004
Review Case ReportsPrimary ovarian small cell carcinoma of the pulmonary type: a case report and review of the literature.
Small cell carcinoma of the ovary is a rare type of ovarian carcinoma with a poor prognosis. Two types should be distinguished: the hypercalcemic type and the pulmonary type. We report the case history of a 54-year-old woman with both a Stage IIIC small cell carcinoma, pulmonary type and a well-differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the left ovary in combination with a Brenner tumor in the right ovary. A review of the literature on small cell carcinoma of the ovary is given and the findings of our patient are brought into perspective in terms of both histopathogenesis and treatment outcome.