title: [Single asymptomatic splenic metastasis of breast carcinoma: report of a clinical case].
abstract: The spleen is rarely involved from metastatic disease. Metastases from breast cancer are extremely rare although described in the Literature. The Authors report a case of a woman who had undergone to radical mastectomy for breast cancer nine years previously and admitted to the hospital because of a single splenic lesion shown by U.S. scan during the follow up.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di I Clinica Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barreca
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Puntillo
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Amodio
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*
vernacular_title: Metastasi splenica unica asintomatica da carcinoma della mammella: descrizione di un caso clinico.