Solitary splenic metastasis of squamous lung cancer: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Lung cancer is the second commonest malignant tumour, with its splenic metastasis being a rare event.


METHODS
We report an exceedingly rare case of a moderate-to-low differentiation squamous cell lung carcinoma in a middle-aged man with a large solitary splenic metastasis detected simultaneously with the primary tumour. Surgical removal of both the primary tumour and the solitary splenic metastasis offered the patient the best treatment option.


CONCLUSIONS
The significance of the present case lies on the one hand in the appearance of a large solitary splenic metastasis from a squamous lung cancer at the time of its initial presentation and on the other in the successful excision of both lesions simultaneously.
Chloros
Diamantis
D
Lung Unit, Papageorgiou Hospital, Ring Road N Efkarpia, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece.
Bitzikas
Grigorios
G
Kakoura
Marianna
M
Chatzikostas
Georgios
G
Makridis
Charlie
C
Tsitouridis
Ioannis
I