Carcinomatous meningitis during systematic chemotherapy in a patient with advanced small‐cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix

• Published in: The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 336 - 339
• Main Authors: Watanabe, Yoh, Nakai, Hidekatsu, Imaoka, Izumi, Murakami, Takamichi, Hoshiai, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01-01-2012; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine - drug therapy; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine - pathology; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine - secondary; Carcinoma, Small Cell - drug therapy; Carcinoma, Small Cell - pathology; Carcinoma, Small Cell - secondary; carcinomatous meningitis; Cervical cancer; Cervical carcinoma; cervical neuroendocrine carcinoma; Cervix; Cervix Uteri - pathology; Chemotherapy; Fatal Outcome; Female; Humans; Meningeal Carcinomatosis - pathology; Meningeal Carcinomatosis - secondary; Meningitis; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Neuroendocrine tumors; Uterine cancer; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - drug therapy; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - pathology; Uterus
• ISSN: 1341-8076; 1447-0756
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01634.x

Carcinoma meningitis with uterine cervical cancer is an extremely rare event. We present the clinicopathologic characteristics and diagnostic imaging findings of a patient with advanced small‐cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix who had developed carcinoma meningitis during systematic chemotherapy.