Postoperation of cervical cancer with intestine metastasis: a case report and literature review

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Case Report

Xiuyan Yu¹  Jian Huang¹  Zhen Wang¹  Yang Liu²  Zhigang Zhang² 

[1] Cancer Institute (Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Province, China), The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 88 Jiefang Road, 310009, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China;Department of Surgical Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 88 Jiefang Road, 310009, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China;Department of Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 88 Jiefang Road, 310009, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China;

关键词: Intestinal obstruction;    Cervical cancer;    Metastasis;    Ileum;    Sigmoid colon;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12957-015-0759-3

 received in 2015-09-08, accepted in 2015-12-30,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundCervical cancer can infiltrate locally and directly spread to adjacent organs including the vagina, peritoneum, urinary bladder, ureters, rectum, and paracervical tissue, but the intestine metastasis from cervical cancer is extremely rare, which can easily be misdiagnosed.Case presentationHere, we report a case about a 45-year-old postoperative cervical cancer patient with metastases to small intestine and sigmoid colon who presented abdominal distention and dull pain due to intestinal obstruction. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy, and two intestinal segments including the tumors were resected. The postoperative pathological diagnosis illustrated sigmoid colon and terminal ileum metastatic squamous cell carcinoma.ConclusionsThis case demonstrates that intestine metastasis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in patients with cervical cancer even at an early tumor stage.

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