RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Multisystem sarcoidosis and carcinoma of the uterine cervix: An unusual association
JF International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer
JO Int J Gynecol Cancer
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 323
OP 325
DO 10.1136/ijgc-00009577-200107000-00013
VO 11
IS 4
A1 C. Alliot
A1 M. Barrios
A1 C. Desplechain
YR 2001
UL http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/11/4/323.abstract
AB Abstract. Alliot C, Barrios M, Desplechain C. Multisystem sarcoidosis and carcinoma of the uterine cervix: An unusual association.Sarcoidosis malignancy syndrome is a rare phenomenon which remains controversial. We report here the case of a 46-year-old woman presenting with multisystem sarcoidosis 12 months after the completion of combined treatment for stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix; at the time she was still in complete remission of the tumor. The outcome was rapidly favorable under oral corticosteroid therapy. The time interval between the two illnesses as well as patient's age strongly suggest a relationship. Possible pathophysiologic mechanisms and the literature regarding uterine tumors are briefly reviewed.