Solitary Splenic Metastases from Uterine Cervical Cancer: Case Reports and Review of the Literature.
- Author:
Jo Heon KIM
1
;
Yoo Duk CHOI
;
Jae Hyuk LEE
;
Jong Hee NAM
;
Sang Woo JUHNG
;
Yang Seok KOH
;
Chol Kyoon CHO
;
Chan CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. cchoi@chonnam.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Uterine cervix;
Gynecologic tumors;
Splenic metastasis
- MeSH:
Female;
Humans;
Adenocarcinoma;
Neoplasm Metastasis
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
2008;42(5):317-322
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Splenic metastasis from gynecologic tumors is extremely rare, especially in the absence of apparent disease at other sites. We report two patients that underwent splenectomy for a solitary splenic metastasis from uterine cervical carcinoma. In case 1, a 54-year-old woman with FIGO Stage IIb squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy developed a solitary splenic metastasis 10 months after initial treatment. In case 2, a 46-year-old woman with FIGO Stage IIb adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy was found to have a solitary splenic metastasis 11 months after treatment. Thus all abdominal organs including the spleen must be evaluated for metastases during follow-up of gynecologic tumors.
