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A Rare Presentation of Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Masquerading As Cancer of Cervix
by Cancer Hospital India on Jun 15, 2011
Unusual presentations of cancer are well recognized by oncologists world over and at DHRC we get to see a fair number of them. This 45 years old, Nepalese lady presented to the Gynae Oncology clinic of DHRC with complaints of bleeding per vagina and severe pain in the left lower limb and lumbo-sacral region for the last 6 weeks. She was carrying reports from one of the prestigious medical institutes of India, suggesting an adenocarcinoma of the cervix, FIGO clinical stage IIA. She had the following investigation reports.
1 USG (Abdomen and Pelvis) Cervix replaced by 4-5cms growth with a left adenexal mass and left parametrial thickening in its medial portion.
2 MRI (Abdomen and Pelvis) 4- 5 cms growth of cervix with a left adenexal mass.
3 CA 125 within normal limits (56 u/ml)
4 Guided FNAC of left adenexal mass- inconclusive for cancer.
5 Punch biopsy of cervical growth was reported as an adenocarcinoma.
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