Carcinoma cervix with cerebellar metastases presenting with pulmonary aspiration: a rare presentation and a rare metastatic site in a common cancer.
| Autor: | Chakrabarti D; Department of Radiotherapy, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India., Resu AV; Department of Radiotherapy, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India., Pandey A; Department of Radiotherapy, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India., Gupta R; Department of Radiotherapy, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | BMJ case reports [BMJ Case Rep] 2019 Jul 27; Vol. 12 (7). Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jul 27. |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bcr-2018-229063 |
| Abstrakt: | A 52-year-old woman with cervical cancer stage IIB presented with altered sensorium and breathlessness to the emergency room 5 months after completing primary chemoradiotherapy, which was diagnosed as aspiration pneumonia. She was found to have cerebellar metastases with additional frontal, occipital, and temporal lobe lesions. She had no evidence of extracranial disease. She received supportive care and palliative whole brain radiotherapy and was asymptomatic at 6 months following radiotherapy. Median reported survival is 8-13 months. Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared. (© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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