Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of cervical origin with metastasis to the brain is rare. Our patient was a 30-year-old Caucasian female with squamous cell carcinoma, initially with unknown primary, with metastases to the brain, kidney, cervix, lung, adrenal glands, vulva, pelvic wall, and scalp. She initially presented to her outpatient gynecologist for a vulvar mass. A biopsy of the vulvar mass was consistent with SCC. The patient continued to have fatigue along with thoracic rib pain. An initial work-up was performed, including imaging which showed diffuse metastatic disease involving the lungs, kidneys and adrenal glands, as well as a pathological compression fracture of the seventh thoracic vertebra with cord compression. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed multiple metastatic lesions and she underwent craniotomy for brain lesion resection. Given the aggressive nature of the patient's disease and her symptomatic burden, she was started on chemotherapy in the hospital with Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Pembrolizumab.

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