title: Splenic metastasis from cervical cancer: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Cervical cancer isolated splenic recurrence is a rare event.We report a case of splenic cervical cancer metastasis treated with salvage surgery 30 months after supralevator anterior pelvic exenteration. In this patient the plasmatic level of squamous cell carcinoma antigen increased in the absence of any evidence of disease at the instrumental examination 24 months after surgery. Surgery had a high impact on quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Viale del Policlinico, Rome, Italy. violante.didonato@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Violante
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Donato
authors.forename: Innocenza
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Palaia
authors.forename: Giorgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perniola
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Polidori
authors.forename: Moira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burratti
authors.forename: Aris
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Besharat
authors.forename: Pierluigi Benedetti
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Panici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery