Metastasis from cervical carcinoma presenting with acute intestinal obstruction – a case report

A 55 yr. old woman attended emergency with acute intestinal obstruction. The patient underwent emergency surgical procedure of intestinal resection after straight X-ray,few haematological and biochemical investigations. On gross examination ileal stricture due to mass in ileocaecal region with mesen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bangladesh journal of medical science (Ibn Sina Trust) 2013, Vol.12 (4), p.439-441
Hauptverfasser: Datta, S, Banerjee, U, Khatua, S, Nigam, M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A 55 yr. old woman attended emergency with acute intestinal obstruction. The patient underwent emergency surgical procedure of intestinal resection after straight X-ray,few haematological and biochemical investigations. On gross examination ileal stricture due to mass in ileocaecal region with mesenteric lymph nodes found which on histological examination came out to be a squamous cell carcinoma with metastatic deposit in lymph node. The patient had a hysterectomy done 3&1/2 years back for Stage IIB squamous cell carcinoma of cervix for which she received chemoradiation.The intestinal obstruction very likely to be a metastatic presentation. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v12i4.16666 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 12 No. 04 October ’13 Page 439-441
ISSN:2223-4721
2076-0299
DOI:10.3329/bjms.v12i4.16666