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8544893

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-13
pubmed:abstractText
Splenic metastasis from lung cancer is a rare clinical event, most often diagnosed at the time of autopsy. We report 2 cases of splenic metastasis with a primary lung cancer. The first case was a 76-year-old man presenting with a recurrent solitary splenic metastasis 14 months after surgical removal of a squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. The second patient was a 72-year-old woman who had a poorly differentiated carcinoma of the lung and multiple abdominal metastasis. We also investigated 267 autopsy cases of lung cancer from 1975 to 1992. Histologically, there were 73 cases of squamous cell carcinoma, 123 adenocarcinoma, 29 large cell carcinoma, 36 small cell carcinoma, and 7 other miscellaneous tumours. The number of splenic metastasis from lung cancer in these cases was 15 (5.6%). Splenic metastasis from a primary cancer of the left lung was more frequent than that from the right lung. Nine of 15 splenic metastases were smaller than 1 cm in size. Splenic metastasis was associated with liver and pancreas metastasis. All 15 autopsy cases with splenic metastasis from lung cancer had other abdominal organ metastasis. Our analysis indicates that a solitary splenic metastasis is rare. Selection of a suitable therapeutic approach is important.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0300-2977
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Splenic metastasis from lung cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki City Hospital, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports