title: [Splenic metastases of ovarian carcinoma].
abstract: A patient with ovarian carcinoma and splenic metastasis who underwent cytoreductive surgery is described. Since the patient had liver cirrhosis the authors hypothesize that the hepatic problem could have been a risk factor for splenic metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia, Regione Lombardia-USSL n. 77, Presidio Ospedaliero C. Mira, Casorate Primo, Pavia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catona
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pavesi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gossenberg
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Da Prada
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mussini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pedrazzoli
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Metastasi spleniche da carcinoma ovarico.