Intraparenchymal metastases to the spleen from ovarian cancer: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Splenic tumors are rare and present a diagnostic dilemma. Metastatic carcinoma to the spleen is unusual. Visceral metastases in patients with ovarian cancer represent hematogenous spread of the disease; capsular involvement resulti...

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Main Authors: Patel Shonak B, Chase Daniel M, Hashmi Zubair A, Ghani Abdul A, Jones Daniel F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/30