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Solitary splenic recurrence of ovarian cancer: case report and review of the literature |
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| Authors: | K. Ushijima T. Nishida N. Okura T. Sugiyama K. Komai H. Tanaka M. Ohbuchi K. Okuda M. Tanaka M. Yakushiji |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan, JP;(2) Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan, JP;(3) Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan, JP |
| Abstract: | We report a rare case of solitary recurrence of ovarian cancer in the spleen which developed 4 years after initial treatment. Only six cases have been reported in the literature and all were serous carcinoma. Our patient had a splenectomy without any complications but developed a liver metastasis 10 months after splenectomy. Received: 12 August 1998 / Accepted: 11 January 1999 |
| Keywords: | Ovarian cancer Spleen metastasis Recurrence Splenectomy |
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