Small intestine perforation due to metastatic uterine cervix interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma: a rare manifestation of a rare disease

• Main Authors: Ahmad Mahamid, Ricardo Alfici, Anton Troitsa, Shmuel Anderman, Gabriel Groisman, Abdel-Rauf Zeina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-11-01
• Series: Rare Tumors
• Subjects: Interdigitatin Dendritic Cell Sarcoma (IDCS); dendritic cell neoplasm; small intestine; uterine cervix
• Online Access: http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/2827
• ISSN: 2036-3605; 2036-3613

<p>Interdigitating Dendritic Cell Sarcoma (IDCS) is an infrequent dendritic cell tumor which mainly affects the lymphatic system. Intestinal metastasis from uterine IDCS is extremely rare. Here we report a case of a 76-year-old female presenting with vaginal bleeding and acute abdomen. The final diagnosis revealed a small bowel perforation due to metastatic involvement from uterine cervix IDCS.  In this paper, we report the clinical manifestation, computed tomography and histopathological findings helpful for the accurate diagnosis of this rare tumor.</p>