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12552970

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6B
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-29
pubmed:abstractText
The metastatic involvement of the spleen in epithelial ovarian cancer is rare and usually reflects late disseminated disease. Isolated parenchymal metastasis in the spleen is an extremely unusual event, in fact in most cases in medical literature, the spleen was involved as part of diffuse peritoneal carcinomatosis. We report a rare case of epithelial ovarian carcinoma, which recurred in the splenic parenchyma 15 years after initial treatment. The patient underwent a splenectomy followed by six cycles of platinum-based poly-chemotherapy. Currently, 8 years after splenectomy, the patient has no evidence of relapsed disease. In the solitary splenic recurrence of epithelial ovarian cancer our case suggests that accurate surgical resection of the spleen, followed by platinum-based chemotherapy, is correlated with a prolonged survival.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0250-7005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3643-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Solitary splenic recurrence of epithelial ovarian cancer: a case report and review.
pubmed:affiliation
Chair of Medical Oncology, La Sapienza University of Rome, 2nd Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Azienda Policlinico S. Andrea, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports