title: Solitary splenic metastasis of an adenocarcinoma of the lung 2 years postoperatively.
abstract: Metastatic tumours of the spleen are rare and most frequently diagnosed at the time of autopsy. Most patients with splenic metastases have widely disseminated metastatic disease. We report a case of an asymptomatic, isolated splenic metastasis in a 67-year-old man diagnosed 2 years after resection of an adenocarcinoma of the lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Sint Vincentiusziekenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium. idaliavh@hotmail.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Van Hul
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cools
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rutsaert
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed