Cancer Science & Therapy

Driss Touiti

Publications

• Case Report
  Iliopsoas Metastasis from Cervix Carcinoma Masquerading as Psoas Abscess
  Author(s): Moufid Kamal, Driss Touiti, Hassan Jouhadi and Abdeltif BeniderMoufid Kamal, Driss Touiti, Hassan Jouhadi and Abdeltif Benider
  
  Objectives: Contribution of a case of unusual spread of cervical carcinoma mimicking iliopsoas abscess fifteen years after initial radiotherapy. Method: A 65-year-old white woman with history of squamous cell carcinoma of uterine cervix treated 15 years ago, was referred to our department with clinical and imaging’s findings simulating a psoas abcess. Result: Colposcopy and punch biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix. Needle aspirate of cystic mass yielded a watery chocolate-colored. Cytopathology revealed cells suggestive of squamous cell carcinoma consistent with the diagnosis of metastasis from carcinoma cervix. Consultations with radiation therapy and medical oncology suggested no additional therapy .The patient became increasingly cachectic and died with generalized metastasis 3 months af.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/1948-5956.1000114

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