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

Kamila Kaźmierczak; Witold Cholewiński; Błażej Nowakowski

doi:10.5114/wo.2021.112166

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Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia

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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

Kamila Kaźmierczak

¹

,

Witold Cholewiński

²

,

Błażej Nowakowski

¹

Surgical, Oncological and Endoscopic Gynaecology Department, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznań, Poland
Nuclear Medicine Unit, Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznań, Poland

Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2021; 25 (4): 295–297

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2021.112166

Online publish date: 2022/01/04

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Kaźmierczak K, Cholewiński W, Nowakowski B. Coexistence of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and cervical cancer: how to avoid a diagnostic error when the same symptoms present two different diagnoses. Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia. 2021;25(4):295-297. doi:10.5114/wo.2021.112166.

APA

Kaźmierczak, K., Cholewiński, W.,  & Nowakowski, B. (2021). Coexistence of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and cervical cancer: how to avoid a diagnostic error when the same symptoms present two different diagnoses. Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia, 25(4), 295-297. https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2021.112166

Chicago

Kaźmierczak, Kamila, Witold Cholewiński,  and Błażej Nowakowski. 2021. "Coexistence of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and cervical cancer: how to avoid a diagnostic error when the same symptoms present two different diagnoses". Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia 25 (4): 295-297. doi:10.5114/wo.2021.112166.

Harvard

Kaźmierczak, K., Cholewiński, W.,  and Nowakowski, B. (2021). Coexistence of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and cervical cancer: how to avoid a diagnostic error when the same symptoms present two different diagnoses. Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia, 25(4), pp.295-297. https://doi.org/10.5114/wo.2021.112166

MLA

Kaźmierczak, Kamila et al. "Coexistence of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and cervical cancer: how to avoid a diagnostic error when the same symptoms present two different diagnoses." Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia, vol. 25, no. 4, 2021, pp. 295-297. doi:10.5114/wo.2021.112166.

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Kaźmierczak K, Cholewiński W, Nowakowski B. Coexistence of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and cervical cancer: how to avoid a diagnostic error when the same symptoms present two different diagnoses. Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia. 2021;25(4):295-297. doi:10.5114/wo.2021.112166.

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

Kamila Kaźmierczak 1 , Witold Cholewiński 2 , Błażej Nowakowski 1

ectopic pregnancy, cervical cancer, ascites

Kamila Kaźmierczak

¹

,

Witold Cholewiński

²

,

Błażej Nowakowski

¹