Yang Seok Koh1, Jung Chul Kim, Chol Kyoon Cho. 1. Department of Surgery, Chonnam University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hospital, 8 Hak-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-757, Korea. koh88@dreamwiz.com <koh88@dreamwiz.com>
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Splenic metastases occur in rare cases with a few case reports of patients in the literature. Generally, splenic metastases mean late dissemination of a disease. Solitary splenic metastases from solid tumors are extremely unusual. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a patient with ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma who underwent splenectomy for isolated parenchymal metastasis. CONCLUSION: Ovarian epithelial tumors comprised most of isolated splenic metastases from gynecologic tumor. When isolated splenic recurrence is suspected on image studies and serum tumor markers, intraabdominal gross findings should be examined to exclude peritoneal carcinomatosis. If only spleen was under suspicion of recurrence of ovarian cancer, splenectomy may play a therapeutic role.
BACKGROUND:Splenic metastases occur in rare cases with a few case reports of patients in the literature. Generally, splenic metastases mean late dissemination of a disease. Solitary splenic metastases from solid tumors are extremely unusual. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a patient with ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma who underwent splenectomy for isolated parenchymal metastasis. CONCLUSION:Ovarian epithelial tumors comprised most of isolated splenic metastases from gynecologic tumor. When isolated splenic recurrence is suspected on image studies and serum tumor markers, intraabdominal gross findings should be examined to exclude peritoneal carcinomatosis. If only spleen was under suspicion of recurrence of ovarian cancer, splenectomy may play a therapeutic role.
Authors: A R Munkarah; A V Hallum; M Morris; T W Burke; C Levenback; E N Atkinson; J T Wharton; D M Gershenson Journal: Gynecol Oncol Date: 1997-01 Impact factor: 5.482
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