A case of isolated peritoneal metastasis in clinically early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix

Abstract

Cervix cancer had been the most common gynecologic cancer for decades. Although early diagnosis and treatment have been developed, cervix cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide. Unlike other gynecologic cancers, cervical cancer is defined and classified by a clinical staging system. Because this system is based on the spreading pathway in which cancer cell prefers to spread directly to adjacent organs, it is very rare to see distant metastasis of early stage cervical cancer. Herein, we report a case with clinically early stage squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix, which showed isolated peritoneal metastasis, and review the relevant literature