A case of recurrent cervix cancer with lumbosacral nerve root metastasis.

Hong, Jong Wook; Youn, Joung Sub; Kim, Seung Min; Lee, San Hee; Nam, Eun Ji; Kim, Sang Woon; Kim, Jae Hoon; Kim, Young Tae; Kim, Sung Hoon

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2007;50(11):1547-1551.
Published online November 1, 2007.

A case of recurrent cervix cancer with lumbosacral nerve root metastasis.

Jong Wook Hong, Joung Sub Youn, Seung Min Kim, San Hee Lee, Eun Ji Nam, Sang Woon Kim, Jae Hoon Kim, Young Tae Kim, Sung Hoon Kim

¹Women's Cancer Clinic, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. shkim70@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Neoplastic plexopathy is usually associated with advanced systemic cancer, regional progression of the primary tumor and complication of cancer treatment including radiotherapy. Lumbosacral plexopathy is most commonly found in colorectal cancer and its symptom begins with leg pain, and thereafter numbness and weakness develops. Radiotherapy is generally considered as the 1st line therapy for metastatic plexopathy and it is also a way to relieve pain. We experienced one case of recurrent cervix cancer with lumbosacral nerve root metastasis after radical abdominal hysterectomy without additional radiation therapy and then we report it together with a brief review of literatures.

Key Words: Recurrent cervix cancer, Lumbosacral nerve root metastasis