Solitary splenic metastasis derived from esophageal cancer.
Solitary splenic metastasis from esophageal cancer is so rare that such an occurrence in our Japanese patient should be reported. In a 58-year-old Japanese man we detected a solitary splenic tumor by abdominal computed tomography done 6 months after he had undergone an esophagectomy. Transarterial embolization of the splenic artery was without effect. A splenectomy was then done and histological examination of the resected specimen revealed squamous cell carcinoma derived from the esophageal carcinoma.
Kimura
Yasue
Y
Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. yasuek@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Miyazaki
Mitsuhiro
M
Saeki
Hiroshi
H
Ohga
Takefumi
T
Nozoe
Tadahiro
T
Sugimachi
Keizo
K
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed