Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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

국소병변없이 거대한 종격동 종괴로만 재발된 자궁경부암 1예

  • Lee, Jun Seok (Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine) ;
  • Gong, Soo Jung (Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine) ;
  • Joo, Jong Eun (Department of Pathology, Eulji University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Jung Ae (Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jeong Seon (Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine) ;
  • Ahn, Young Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine)
  • 이준석 (을지의과대학교 내과학교실) ;
  • 공수정 (을지의과대학교 내과학교실) ;
  • 주종은 (을지의과대학교 병리학교실) ;
  • 이정애 (을지의과대학교 내과학교실) ;
  • 김정선 (을지의과대학교 내과학교실) ;
  • 안영수 (을지의과대학교 내과학교실)
  • Received : 2006.04.14
  • Accepted : 2006.06.09
  • Published : 2006.06.30
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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.

저자들은 심한 호흡곤란으로 내원한 환자에서 원발병소의 재발 및 국소전이 없이 원격전이인 거대한 앞종격동 종괴로 발현된 재발된 자궁경부암의 드문 예를 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

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