Isolated splenic metastasis from colon cancer. Report of a case

Tumori

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 422-425

  Montemurro, Severino ^a   Maselli, Enrico ^a   Ruggieri, Eustachio ^a   Caliandro, Cosimo ^a   Rucci, Antonello ^a   Zito, Alfredo Francesco ^a   Sciscio, Vito ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Isolated splenic metastasis; Metastatic colorectal cancer; Spjmectomy; Splenic metastases

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANDENTIA; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC METASTASIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 48249150806     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400322     Document Type: Article

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