Spontaneous hemorrhage of a liver metastasis from squamous cell cervical carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature

Liver metastases are an uncommon cause of spontaneous bleeding compared wit h primary benign/malignant liver lesions. Since metastatic lesions tend to maintain the vascular characteristics of the primary tumor, some metastases have a greater proclivity for hemorrhage into the host organ than others. We describe the clinical and computed tomography (CT) features of a patient previously treated for nonkeratinizing small cell squamous carcinoma of th e cervix uteri, As the metastatic rupture was diagnosed while still intrapa renchymal and subcapsular, with minimal peritoneal reaction, the patient's outcome was favorable.