Diffuse Abdominal Splenosis Mimicking Peritoneal Metastases in a 35-Year-Old Man with a Resectable Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater

Diffuse Abdominal Splenosis Mimicking Peritoneal Metastases in a 35-Year-Old Man with a Resectable Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater

A 35-year-old man with a history of blunt abdominal trauma and splenic rupture was diagnosed with an ampullary adenocarcinoma. At workup, a CT scan showed multiple intra-abdominal lesions similar to peritoneal carcinosis, and the patient was referred for palliative chemotherapy. On clinical suspicio...

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Main Authors: Steffen Filskov Sorensen, Frank Viborg Mortensen, Ylva Hellberg, Morten Ladekarl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-09-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Ampullary carcinoma
Splenosis
Peritoneal metastasis
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/355233

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