Solitary splenic metastasis of an adenocarcinoma of the ovaries.
Metastatic involvement of the spleen by carcinoma occurs in a setting of widespread malignant disease. Solitary splenic metastasis in the absence of disseminated disease is rare. We report a case of a 55-year-old woman in whom the sole clinical manifestation of recurrent papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary was an elevated serum CA125 level due to a solitary splenic metastasis.
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Department of Pathology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 USA.
Stastny
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Frable
W J
WJ
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D018394:CA-125 Antigen