Table 1.

Characteristics of cervical cancer patients with skeletal muscle involvement, as reported in the literature

Author	Primary tumor histotype	Stage	Interval from primary tumor (months)	Skeletal muscle	HIV status	Treatment	Clinical outcome (after diagnosis of metastasis)
Mariya [2]	squamous	n.a.	n.a.	Biceps	negative	n.a.	n.a.
Schwartz [3]	squamous	IIIB	0	Iliopsoas	positive	Chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy	DOD after 3 months
Singh [4]	squamous	IIIB	0	Psoas	positive	Patient declined	n.a.
Wong [5]	small cell	IB	24	Masseter	negative	Chemotherapy + radiotherapy	n.a.
Bar Dayan [6]	squamous	IIIB	0	Psoas	negative	Intralesional chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy	DOD after 4 months
Pathy [7]	squamous	IIIB	0	Deltoid	negative	Palliative radiotherapy	ED at time of publication
Devendra [8]	squamous	n.a.	0	Psoas	negative	Supportive therapy	Lost to follow up
Saadi [9]	squamous	IIB	60	Psoas	negative	Metastasectomy, radiotherapy	NED after 30 months
Current case	squamous	IB	76	Intercostal	negative	Metastasectomy followed by chemotherapy + radiotherapy	NED after 8 months

n.a. = not available; DOD = death of disease; ED = alive with evidence of disease; NED = no evidence of disease