Unusual splenic metastasis from oesophageal cancer.
The most common visceral metastasis from oesophageal carcinomas are lungs and liver. A case of splenic metastasis from a squamous carcinoma of oesophagus is reported. To our knowledge, splenic metastasis without any nodal disease has not been described previously. The pattern of reported metastasis is summarised.
Department of Surgical Oncology and Pathology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India.
S K
SK
Murthy
P S
PS
Prabhakaran
S R
SR
Rao
R V
RV
Kumar
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology