Background: Metastatic skin incisional cancers have been reported with cancers of the colon, kidney, and bladder. Incisional metastasis occurs rarely in gynecologic cancer, especially in cervical carcinoma. It is more commonly reported with adenocarcinoma and poorly differentiated histopathology than squamous cell carcinoma. Case: A case of squamous cell carcinoma cervix FIGO stage IB1 with skin metastasis is reported. Results: The patient underwent wide local excision of the lesion and has been disease free for 6 months. Conclusions: Skin metastasis, considered to be a pre-terminal event, with a mean survival of ∼3 months, can be managed by surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy alone and/or in combination. (J GYNECOL SURG 28:20)
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