title: Intraparenchymal metastasis to the accessory spleen from ovarian cancer: a case report.
abstract: Splenic metastasis from ovarian cancer is a rare entity. A few case reports are present in the literature, but to the authors' knowledge, intraparenchymal metastasis to the accessory spleen has never been reported in the literature. The authors report a case of accessory splenic metastasis from ovarian carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. velimihmanli@yahoo.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mihmanli
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Toprakci
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kilickaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kamali
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013154:Spleen; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery