Abstract

REYNA-VILLASMIL, Eduardo; MAYNER-TRESOL, Gabriel  and  PEREZ-ORTIZ, Viorkis. Brain metastasis from cervical carcinoma. Rev. peru. ginecol. obstet. [online]. 2018, vol.64, n.1, pp.113-116. ISSN 2304-5132.

Cervical cancer is a frequent malignancy of women that spreads to lungs, supraclavicular lymph nodes, liver, and bones as distant metastasis. Prognosis is poor and survival varies from 3 to 6 months. We report the case of a 67-yearold woman with history of squamous cell carcinoma of cervix stage IIB 5 years ago treated with surgery plus radio-chemotherapy who presented walking impairment, headache and vomiting. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple lesions with increasing perilesional edema, T1-hypointense and T2-hyperintense. The patient died one week after the diagnosis. Necropsy findings showed poorly differentiated carcinoma of cervical origin.

Keywords : Cervical cancer; Brain metastases; Uterine cervix carcinoma.

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