An unusual site of metastasis: splenic metastastasis from a colon cancer.
Splenic metastasis from colorectal cancers is a very rare occurrence. Few cases have been reported in the literature. We report herein an additionnal case of metachronous splenic metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon, 3 years after the diagnosis of the primary tumor. A 62-year old woman presented for regular follow-up after colectomy for sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma. A computed tomography-scan found two splenic metastatic nodules for which splenectomy had been performed. The histological analysis of the resected spleen showed a well-differentiated metastatic adenocarcinoma from colon. The patient recovered well after surgery, and 10 months after, she had no signs of the disease.
Service d'anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Hassan II, Fès , Maroc befared2013@gmail.com.
Boubacar
B
Efared
Service d'anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Hassan II, Fès , Maroc.
Asmae
A
Mazti
Service d'anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Hassan II, Fès , Maroc.
Gabrielle
G
Atsame-Ebang
Service d'anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Hassan II, Fès , Maroc.
Layla
L
Tahiri
Service de Chirurgie Générale et Viscérale, CHU Hassan II, Fès , Maroc.
Hicham
H
El Bouhaddouti
Service d'anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Hassan II, Fès , Maroc.|Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fès , Maroc.
Nawal
N
Hammas
Service d'anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Hassan II, Fès , Maroc.|Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fès , Maroc.
Hind
H
El Fatemi
Service d'anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Hassan II, Fès , Maroc.|Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fès , Maroc.
Laila
L
Chbani