Carcinoma cervix with cerebellar metastases presenting with pulmonary aspiration: a rare presentation and a rare metastatic site in a common cancer. Issue 7 (27th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chakrabarti, Deep; Resu, Abigail Veravolu; Pandey, Amit; Gupta, Rajeev
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 12:Issue 7(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-07-27
• Subjects: radiotherapy -- gynaecological cancer -- cervical cancer -- palliative care; Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-229063
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : 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.