title: Splenectomy for solitary splenic metastasis of ovarian cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Splenic metastases occur in rare cases with a few case reports of patients in the literature. Generally, splenic metastases mean late dissemination of a disease. Solitary splenic metastases from solid tumors are extremely unusual.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of a patient with ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma who underwent splenectomy for isolated parenchymal metastasis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ovarian epithelial tumors comprised most of isolated splenic metastases from gynecologic tumor. When isolated splenic recurrence is suspected on image studies and serum tumor markers, intraabdominal gross findings should be examined to exclude peritoneal carcinomatosis. If only spleen was under suspicion of recurrence of ovarian cancer, splenectomy may play a therapeutic role.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chonnam University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hospital, 8 Hak-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-757, Korea. koh88@dreamwiz.com <koh88@dreamwiz.com>
authors.forename: Yang Seok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Jung Chul
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chol Kyoon
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*