title: Late splenic metastasis after curative resection for oesophageal carcinoma.
abstract: The spleen is an unusual site of distant metastasis from solid tumours. While contiguous involvement of the spleen may occur in tumours arising from the stomach, pancreas or colon; the spleen as the seat of distant metastasis is a rare occurrence. We report herewith one such instance of metastatic involvement of the spleen in an operated case of carcinoma oesophagus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India. soumil_v@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Soumil J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Arun R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Chitale
authors.forename: Ramakant K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Deshpande
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*