[Splenic metastases of ovarian carcinoma].
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.
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Divisione di Chirurgia, Regione Lombardia-USSL n. 77, Presidio Ospedaliero C. Mira, Casorate Primo, Pavia.
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Gossenberg
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Da Prada
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Mussini
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Pedrazzoli
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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
Metastasi spleniche da carcinoma ovarico.