Metachronous solitary splenic metastasis arising from early gastric cancer: a case report and literature review

Metachronous solitary splenic metastasis arising from early gastric cancer: a case report and literature review

Abstract Background The metastasis of malignant tumors to the spleen is rare, and only a small percentage of cases can be treated surgically, as splenic metastases generally occur in the context of multivisceral metastatic cancer at a terminal stage. We report a rare case of metachronous solitary sp...

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Main Authors: Tsutomu Namikawa, Yasuhiro Kawanishi, Kazune Fujisawa, Eri Munekage, Masaya Munekage, Takahito Sugase, Hiromichi Maeda, Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Tatsuya Kumon, Makoto Hiroi, Michiya Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Hanazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
Gastric cancer
Splenic metastasis
Gastrectomy
Solitary metastasis
Splenectomy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-017-0292-0

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