title: Hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy for solitary splenic metastasis from uterine corpus carcinoma.
abstract: Solitary splenic metastasis is a rare condition. We performed hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy (HALS) for a solitary splenic metastasis from a uterine corpus carcinoma that had directly invaded the wall of the stomach. HALS is a superior technique that offers the advantages of both open and laparoscopic splenectomy, and it may become one of the options for the management of primary and secondary cancer of the spleen.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-8577 Chiba, Japan. h-takaha@dd.iij4u.or.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Monden
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010052:Ovariectomy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed