Isolated solitary splenic metastasis of a pulmonary tumor: a successful surgical approach in one stage

Aydın Şanlı,

Aydın Şanlı¹, Ahmet Önen¹, Volkan Karaçam¹, İlhan Öztop², Banu Gökçen¹, Ahu Hayretdağ³, Ünal Açıkel¹

¹Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir
²Departments of Oncology, Medicine Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir
³Departments of Chest Disease, Medicine Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir

The splenic metastases of solitary organ cancers are extremely rare. In this paper, we present a case having an adenocarcinoma in left lung and isolated solitary splenic metastasis; which has undergone a left 3rd, 4rd, 5th ribs partial resection and left pneumonectomy, afterwards thoracic wall reconstruction with prolene mesh and splenectomy by using left phrenotomy. The case has been discussed together with the relevant literatures by bringing up isolated solitary splenic metatasis encountered in lung carsinomas and performance facilities of multiple surgeries in only one stage.

Keywords : Lung cancer; splenic metastasis; surgery

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