Treatment of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer With Kidney Failure and Comorbidities

Oncology (Williston Park). 2021 Nov 16;35(11):741-745. doi: 10.46883/ONC.2021.3511.0741.

Abstract

A woman aged 63 years presented at the gynecological oncology outpatient clinic with the following medical history: smoking history (smoking index of 10); systemic arterial hypertension diagnosed 6 years ago; menarche at 16 years; menopause at 52 years; 4 pregnancies, 4 deliveries; beginning of active sexual life at 18 years; 3 sexual partners; and no early cancer detection method in her life. Her performance status per ECOG criteria was 1. The patient presented with transvaginal bleeding with 5 months of evolution. Upon physical exploration, a 5 x 5 cm tumor in the cervix was detected, with the following characteristics: exophytic, friable, bleeding, with invasion to the lower third of the vagina, affection to the cul-de-sac and parametria, and bilaterally fixed to the pelvic wall. A biopsy of the cervix showed moderately differentiated invasive squamous cell carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Renal Insufficiency / etiology
  • Renal Insufficiency / pathology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / complications*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / pathology*