Isolated metachronous splenic metastasis from synchronous colon cancer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Isolated splenic metastases from colorectal cancer are very rare and there are only 13 cases reported in the English literature so far. Most cases are asymptomatic and the diagnosis is usually made by imaging studies during the evalu...

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Main Authors: Aker Fugen, Gencosmanoglu Rasim, Kir Gozde, Tozun Nurdan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-07-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Online Access:http://www.wjso.com/content/4/1/42