Abstract
splenic metastases secondary to colorrectal carcinoma introduction: Splenic metastases are unusual, arising in less than 1% of all metastases. Splenic metas- tases from colorrectal carcinoma is considered excepcional. If present, they generally occur in concert with disseminated disease. case report: We present a case of 78 year old man operated of colon tumor by right hemicolectomy. nine months after first surgical, CT scan showed metastases in spleen, splenectomy was performed.
Highlights
Splenic metastases are unusual, arising in less than 1% of all metastases
Presentamos el caso de una paciente con un CCR y una metástasis esplénicas (ME) aislada y metacrónica: Mujer de 78 años, sin antecedentes de interés, con síndrome constitucional y anemia microcítica, a la que se realiza colonoscopia visualizando una lesión en colon derecho a la que se toma muestras, con diagnóstico anatomopatológico de adenocarcinoma colorrectal
9. Montemurro S, Maselli E, Ruggieri E, Caliandro C, Rucci A, Zito AF, et al Isolated splenic metastasis from colon cancer
Summary
Drs Marta de la Fuente-Bartolomé[1], Carlos Piedracoba-Cadahia[2], Alejando Moreno-Bargueiras[1], Mercedes Pérez-Carreras[2], Alfredo Ibarra-Peláez[3], Carlos Morales-Gutiérrez[3].
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