Solitary splenic metastasis of an adenocarcinoma of the lung 2 years postoperatively.
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.
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Department of General Surgery, Sint Vincentiusziekenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium. idaliavh@hotmail.com
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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