Open AccessIsolated metachronous splenic multiple metastases after colon cancer surgery: A case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Li Hu,
Jiang Zhu,
Fang Lei,
Xiuchong Yu,
Zhilong Yan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i15.3320
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , kras , metastasis , carcinoembryonic antigen , splenectomy , cancer , radiology , oncology , gastroenterology , spleen
Isolated splenic metastasis is a rare clinical entity. Multiple metastases in the spleen after radical colon resection in a patient who subsequently underwent a second local resection for isolated metachronous splenic metastasis are exceedingly rare.