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Unusual presentation of metastatic carcinoma cervix with clinically silent primary identified by (18)F-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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Autores principales: Senthil, Raja, Mohapatra, Ranjan Kumar, Srinivas, Shripriya, Sampath, Mouleeswaran Koramadai, Sundaraiya, Sumati
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27095863
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.178267
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Sumario: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.