Metastatic bone involvement in vulvar cancer: report of a rare case and review of the literature

Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2012;33(4):411-3.

Abstract

Purpose: Bone metastasis secondary to vulvar carcinoma is an infrequent clinical entity. Only ten cases have been published in the literature. We describe a case of squamous vulvar carcinoma, that presented with cervical vertebral involvement, as a part of distant spread.

Case: A 69-year-old woman presented with radicular pain and a painful cervical mass. MRI of the cervical spine was performed, showing an osteolytic lesion with spinal cord compression.

Conclusion: This case was unique in presenting vertebral metastasis eight months after chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cervical Vertebrae*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Vulvar Neoplasms / pathology*