Journal article
Pulmonary microvascular metastases in cervical carcinoma: A case series
Journal of postgraduate medicine (Bombay), Vol.66(3), pp.155-158
01/01/2020
DOI: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_243_20
PMCID: PMC7542055
PMID: 32675452
Abstract
Pulmonary microvascular tumor embolism (PMTE), pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM), and lymphangitis carcinomatosis (LC) have an intricate pathophysiology and usually occur with cancers of breast, stomach, and lung. Microvascular pulmonary metastases attributable to cervical cancer are a rarity. Clinical presentation and autopsy findings of patients with microvascular pulmonary metastases in cervical cancers were studied with a review of literature. Four patients (mean age of 55.5 years) with carcinoma cervix showed microvascular metastases. Three of whom presented with respiratory symptoms, and the fourth case was unresponsive on presentation. Each patient succumbed to their illness shortly after admission. Autopsy examination performed on each patient depicted varying combination of PMTE, PTTM, and LC, all with squamous histology. This case series highlights the rare association of carcinoma cervix with the aforementioned microvascular phenomena. Besides, it underscores the sequential mechanism of occurrence of microvascular pulmonary metastasis and the associated guarded prognosis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pulmonary microvascular metastases in cervical carcinoma: A case series
- Creators
- P Vaideeswar - King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical CollegeY Aswani - Department of Radiology, Seth GS Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.S Damani - King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical CollegeS Singaravel - King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of postgraduate medicine (Bombay), Vol.66(3), pp.155-158
- DOI
- 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_243_20
- PMID
- 32675452
- PMCID
- PMC7542055
- NLM abbreviation
- J Postgrad Med
- ISSN
- 0022-3859
- eISSN
- 0972-2823
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984318800802771
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