Calcified lymph node metastases from carcinoma of the cervix

✍ Scribed by Janet Hutcheson; David L. Page; Richard R. Oldham

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 422 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197307)32:1<266::aid-cncr2820320139>3.0.co;2-g

✦ Synopsis

A case report of a 61-year-old Negro woman with Stage IV carcinoma of the cervix, who developed calcified lymph node metastases, is presented. Ten years later, she is still alive and well. The well-differentiated squamous cells comprising this tumor with hyalinization and calcification may account for her long survival.

ALCIFIED METASTASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED

C in a variety of neoplastic diseases: bile duct,2?7 breast,ls2 bronchus,2 cervix,l colon,9 duodenum,E endometrial carcinoma,6 gallbladder,8 kidney,2 malignant l y m p h ~m a , ~, ~ malignant melanoma,2 neuroblastoma,g osteogenic sarcoma,9 ovary,1.6 pleural mesothelioma,9 testis,lJ thyroid,l salivary gland,2 and stomach.2

Calcification in lymph node metastases has been reported in carcinoma of the colon,396J+JO irradiated nodes in Hodgkin's disease,13J4 pleural mesothelioma,g ovarian cystadenocarcinoma? and carcinoma of the breast.11