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Case Report

Metastasis to the Pancreas and the Spleen: An Increasing Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge

by
M. Jesús Fernández-Aceñero
1,*,
Marta Abengózar Muela
1,
Sara Chaves Portela
1 and
Peter Wolfgang Vorwald
2
1
Department of Surgical Pathology, Madrid, Spain
2
Department of Surgery, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2011, 1(3), e44; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e44
Submission received: 20 April 2011 / Revised: 20 April 2011 / Accepted: 19 May 2011 / Published: 10 June 2011

Abstract

We have reviewed the electronic biopsies database files of the Department of Surgical Pathology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz in Madrid (Spain). In this time period (1998-2010) we have found 3 pancreatic metastasis and 5 splenic metastasis. Two of the pancreatic metastases were originated in clear cell renal cell carcinomas. The last pancreatic metastasis was from a malignant cutaneous melanoma diagnosed and treated 8 years before. As for splenic metastasis, three of them were diagnosed during the abdominal surgery for primary therapy of the tumour (2 ovaries and one endometrium), while the remaining 2 corresponded to metastasis from a lung primary diagnosed 1 year before and a colonic primary diagnosed 6 years before. The patients with splenic metastasis died on the short term with progression of the disease despite resection of the splenic lesions, while the patients with pancreatic metastasis have survived longer.
Keywords: metastasis; pancreas; spleen; metastasectomy; outcome metastasis; pancreas; spleen; metastasectomy; outcome

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Fernández-Aceñero, M.J.; Muela, M.A.; Portela, S.C.; Vorwald, P.W. Metastasis to the Pancreas and the Spleen: An Increasing Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge. Clin. Pract. 2011, 1, e44. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e44

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Fernández-Aceñero MJ, Muela MA, Portela SC, Vorwald PW. Metastasis to the Pancreas and the Spleen: An Increasing Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge. Clinics and Practice. 2011; 1(3):e44. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e44

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Fernández-Aceñero, M. Jesús, Marta Abengózar Muela, Sara Chaves Portela, and Peter Wolfgang Vorwald. 2011. "Metastasis to the Pancreas and the Spleen: An Increasing Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge" Clinics and Practice 1, no. 3: e44. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e44

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Fernández-Aceñero, M. J., Muela, M. A., Portela, S. C., & Vorwald, P. W. (2011). Metastasis to the Pancreas and the Spleen: An Increasing Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge. Clinics and Practice, 1(3), e44. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e44

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