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Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix with cranial metastasis: A case report
Maria Patricia Angelica M. Tanchuling, MD and Jean Anne B. Toral, MD, MSc, FPOGS, FSGOP
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines-Manila
Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common female genital tract malignancy that typically spreads to the pelvic organs first by direct extension, and less commonly to distant sites through lymphangitic and hematogeneous spread. We report on a 47-year-old woman diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma who underwent concurrent chemoradiation, presenting with a fronto-parietal scalp mass which on histopathologic examination also shows squamous cell carcinoma, likely metastatic.
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