Współczesna Onkologia

Abstract

4/2021 vol. 25
Case report

Coexistence of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and cervical cancer: how to avoid a diagnostic error when the same symptoms present two different diagnoses

  1. Surgical, Oncological and Endoscopic Gynaecology Department, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznań, Poland
  2. Nuclear Medicine Unit, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznań, Poland
Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2021; 25 (4): 295–297
Online publish date: 2022/01/04
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An ectopic pregnancy occurs in approximately 0.5–2% of all pregnancies. The number of cases of cervical cancer in women under 30 years of age in Poland is less than 100 cases per year. The case presented herein concerns a rare clinical situation of a 29-year-old woman admitted to the Gynaecological Oncology Department with a diagnosis of cervical cancer. The main symptom resulting in the patient’s referral was ascites. The presence of free fluid in the peritoneal cavity in patients diagnosed with a malignant tumour suggests a high degree of progression of the underlying disease, though this could not be confirmed in a clinical study in this case. An interview, examination, and laboratory tests confirmed a coexisting life-threatening ruptured tubal pregnancy. The consequences of not recognising both an ectopic pregnancy and cervical cancer in a patient presenting with nonspecific clinical symptoms could pose a serious threat to health and life.
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