Unusual presentation of metastatic carcinoma cervix with clinically silent primary identified by 18F-flouro deoxy glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography

Carcinoma cervix is the most common gynecological malignancy among Indian women. The common symptoms at presentation include abnormal vaginal bleeding, unusual discharge from the vagina, or pain during coitus and postmenopausal bleeding. Rarely, few patients may present with distant metastases witho...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of nuclear medicine 2016-01, Vol.31 (2), p.134-137
Hauptverfasser: Senthil, Raja, Mohapatra, Ranjan Kumar, Srinivas, Shripriya, Sampath, Mouleeswaran Koramadai, Sundaraiya, Sumati
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Zusammenfassung:Carcinoma cervix is the most common gynecological malignancy among Indian women. The common symptoms at presentation include abnormal vaginal bleeding, unusual discharge from the vagina, or pain during coitus and postmenopausal bleeding. Rarely, few patients may present with distant metastases without local symptoms. We present two patients with an unusual presentation of metastatic disease without any gynecological symptoms, where 18 F-flouro deoxy glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography helped in identifying the primary malignancy in the uterine cervix.
ISSN:0972-3919
0974-0244
DOI:10.4103/0972-3919.178267