Solitary splenic metastasis from ovarian cancer successfully treated by hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy: report of a case.
Solitary splenic metastasis is an extremely rare phenomenon for which splenectomy is generally indicated because a good prognosis can be achieved if chemotherapy is given postoperatively. We report herein a case of solitary splenic metastasis from ovarian cancer, which was completely removed by hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery.
Department of Surgery, NTT West Osaka Hospital, 2-6-40 Karasugatsuji, Tennoji-ku, Japan.
Hiroshi
H
Yano
Takashi
T
Iwazawa
Masakatsu
M
Kinuta
Yoshiaki
Y
Nakano
Takeshi
T
Tono
Shigeo
S
Matsui
Toshiyuki
T
Kanoh
Takushi
T
Monden
D000328:Adult; D018283:Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed