SOLITARY SPLENIC METASTASIS OF AN ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE OVARIES

Authors
MAX LD STASTNY JF FRABLE WJ
Citation
Ld. Max et al., SOLITARY SPLENIC METASTASIS OF AN ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE OVARIES, Gynecologic and obstetric investigation, 42(3), 1996, pp. 214-216
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation → ACNP
ISSN journal
03787346
Volume
42
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
214 - 216
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-7346(1996)42:3<214:SSMOAA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Metastatic involvement of the spleen by carcinoma occurs in a setting of widespread malignant disease, Solitary splenic metastasis in the ab sence of disseminated disease is rare, We report a case of a 55-year-o ld woman in whom the sole clinical manifestation of recurrent papillar y serous cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary was an elevated serum CA125 l evel due to a solitary splenic metastasis.