A Case of Recurred Uterine Cervical Cancer Presented as Only Huge Mediastinal Mass.

Lee, Jun Seok; Gong, Soo Jung; Joo, Jong Eun; Lee, Jung Ae; Kim, Jeong Seon; Ahn, Young Soo

doi:2006.60.6.684

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 60(6); 2006 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2006;60(6):684-689.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2006.60.6.684 Published online June 1, 2006.

A Case of Recurred Uterine Cervical Cancer Presented as Only Huge Mediastinal Mass.

Jun Seok Lee, Soo Jung Gong, Jong Eun Joo, Jung Ae Lee, Jeong Seon Kim, Young Soo Ahn

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. gsj1117@eulji.or.kr
²Department of Pathology, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Uterine cervical cancer is the 5(th) most common malignancy in Korean women. With the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, earlier stage cancers are being diagnosed with longer survival rates being anticipated. Accordingly, recurrent cancers are being encountered more often in clinical practice. Most recurrent uterine cervical cancer patients, have intra-pelvic lesions and adjacent lymph node involvement, while a distant metastasis alone is extremely rare. A mediastinal recurrence of uterine cervical cancer is not common with most manifesting as small lymph node enlargements. We report a case of a 46-year-old woman with recurrent uterine cervical cancer presenting only as a huge mediastinal mass without a local recurrence.

Key Words: Mediastinal mass, Uterine cervical cancer, Recurrence