SOLITARY SPLENIC METASTASIS OF A CARCINOID-TUMOR OF THE LUNG 8 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY

Authors
TAKADA T TAKAMI H
Citation
T. Takada et H. Takami, SOLITARY SPLENIC METASTASIS OF A CARCINOID-TUMOR OF THE LUNG 8 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, Journal of surgical oncology, 67(1), 1998, pp. 47-48
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Oncology
Journal title
Journal of surgical oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224790
Volume
67
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
47 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4790(1998)67:1<47:SSMOAC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The case of a 49-year-old male who was found to have a solitary spleni c metastasis 8 years after undergoing right upper lobectomy for Stage 1 (pT1N0M0) bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumor and was treated by splene ctomy is reported. Metastasis of bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors to the spleen is very rare. However, it is important to bear in mind that there are patients with solitary splenic metastasis who have a favora ble outcome. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.