Gastric carcinoma diagnosed incidentally on cervical biopsy in a young female

  • Mahendra Kumar Assistant Professor Department Of Pathology North Eastern Indra Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences Shillong, Meghalaya India
  • Naushad Shah Department Of Pathology North Eastern Indra Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences Shillong, Meghalaya
  • Jaya Mishra Department of Pathology North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences
  • Ritesh Kumar Department of Radiotherapy North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences
  • Subrat Panda Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology , North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences,
Keywords: Carcinoma of cervix, Krukenberg tumor, Signet ring cells, Gastric malignancy

Abstract

Gastric carcinoma usually metastasizes to liver, peritoneum, lymphnodes, ovary, lung and brain. But gastric malignancy metastasizing to cervix is extremely rare and even rarest in young patients. Reaching to the primary site of hidden gastric malignancy on a cervical biopsy was very interesting in present case. Distinction of primary cervical malignancy to metastasis is very important for clinical and pathological point of view which helps in the diagnosis, staging, treatment and prognosis of the patient. Here we are documenting a case of gastric malignancy which presented as cervical mass and bilateral ovarian enlargement in a 22 years old female.

Author Biographies

Mahendra Kumar, Assistant Professor Department Of Pathology North Eastern Indra Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences Shillong, Meghalaya India
Assistant ProfessorDepartment Of Pathology
Naushad Shah, Department Of Pathology North Eastern Indra Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences Shillong, Meghalaya
Department of PathologyJunior Resident
Jaya Mishra, Department of Pathology North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Pathology
Ritesh Kumar, Department of Radiotherapy North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences
assistant ProfessorDepartment of Radiotherapy
Subrat Panda, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology , North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences,
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Published
2015-10-31
Section
Case Report