title: Splenic involvement in ovarian cancer. Description of three cases.
abstract: Metastatic involvement of the spleen in patients with ovarian cancer is unusual. Solitary splenic metastasis in the absence of disseminated disease are rare. Three cases of advanced ovarian cancer with splenic involvement are reported. The splenectomy was adopted in two patients.
authors.affiliation: II Operative Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bari.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mastroianni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Vagno
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Melilli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: La Presa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Digesù
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cazzolla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Selvaggi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology*