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Metastatic gastric cancer mimicking an advanced cervical cancer: a case report
H Matsushita1, M Fukase, T Takayanagi
1Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tsuruoka Municipal Shonai Hospital, Izumi-machi, Tsuruoka-city, Yamagata, Japan. matsuh@kf7.so-net.ne.jp
Background:
Metastasis to the uterine cervix from non-gynecologic neoplasms is rare. However, metastatic tumors sometimes precede the diagnosis of a primary tumor, and may lead to diagnosis of the primary tumor.
Case:
A 50-year-old woman was referred to us complaining of increasing right flank pain. Computed tomography scan demonstrated an enlarged uterus with right-sided hydronephrosis and hydroureter. Cervical cytology revealed adenocarcinoma. She was considered to have a Stage IIIB cervical adenocarcinoma. Although no cervical lesion was seen colposcopically, histopathology from biopsies of the uterine cervix revealed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma infiltrating around the normal endocervical glands. A metastasis from the gastrointestinal tract was suspected. The patient underwent gastroscopy and was found to have Borrmann type IV gastric cancer. Biopsies confirmed a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with signet ring cells.
Conclusion:
Physicians should bear in mind that metastatic tumors may precede the diagnosis of a primary tumor and could manifest by mimicking advanced cervical cancer.
