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UNUSUAL CASE OF CARCINOMA CERVIX METASTASING TO SUPRASELLAR REGION SINUS

SIVAGNANAM BALAJI

Abstract


Bone metastasis from carcinoma cervix is uncommon. A 75 year old lady presented with
carcinoma of uterine cervix, FIGO, stage IIA. She was treated with radical radiotherapy. During the
course of treatment, after 25Gy RT patient had complaints of headache and nausea. On evaluation
patient was found to have a destructive lesion involving the base sphenoid with soft tissue component
and extending into the sphenoid sinus on right side. This is one of the few documented cases of
metastasis to supratentorial region, arising from carcinoma of uterine cervix and probably the first with
isolated metastasis of this site.


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