Solitary Splenic Metastasis from Carcinoma of Lung.
- Author:
Young Joon AHN
1
;
Ji Eun KIM
;
Young Chul KIM
;
In Mok JUNG
;
Seung Chul HEO
;
Jung Kee CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Korea. ahnyj@brm.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Splenic metastasis;
Lung cancer
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Autopsy;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms;
Lung*;
Male;
Melanoma;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Splenectomy;
Splenic Neoplasms;
Stomach Neoplasms;
Thyroid Gland
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2005;68(2):163-167
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Splenic metastasis resulting from solid tumors is a rare event, and it is most often diagnosed at the time of autopsy. In those cases of widely disseminated cancer, splenic involvement may be fairly common, but solitary splenic metastasis in the absence of other metastases is exceedingly rare. The reported primary malignancies of patients with splenic metastases include lung, colorectal, endometrial, ovarian, thyroid, pancreatic, gastric cancers and most commonly, melanoma. The author report here on a case of 55- year-old male who was found to have a solitary splenic metastasis 12 months after undergoing a left upper lobectomy for stage Ib (pT2N0M0) adenocarcinoma of the lung and he was then treated by splenectomy.
