Solitary splenic metastasis of a carcinoid tumor of the lung eight years postoperatively

✍ Scribed by Takada, Tadahiro; Takami, Hiroshi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 372 KB
• Volume: 67
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-4790
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9098(199801)67:1<47::aid-jso10>3.0.co;2-s

✦ Synopsis

The case of a 49-year-old male who was found to have a solitary splenic metastasis 8 years after undergoing right upper lobectomy for Stage 1 (pT1N0M0) bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumor and was treated by splenectomy is reported. Metastasis of bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors to the spleen is very rare. However, it is important to bear in mind that there are patients with solitary splenic metastasis who have a favorable outcome.