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Appendicular metastasis from carcinoma cervix

Sudirman A 1 , Sukumar N 2 , Davaraj B 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 A Sudirman, MBBS. Department of Surgery, Hospital Seremban
  • 2 N Sukumar, MS. Department of Surgery, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 3 B Davaraj, MS. Department of Surgery, Hospital Seremban
Med J Malaysia, 2001 Mar;56(1):100-1.
PMID: 11503286

Abstract

A young lady who was treated for early squamous cell carcinoma of cervix presented with perforated appendicitis. Appendicectomy was done and the histopathology was reported as metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix metastasizing to the appendix is extremely rare and we previously unreported.

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