Case Report
Solitary splenic metastasis of squamous lung cancer: a case report
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* Corresponding author: Diamantis Chloros dchloros@msn.com
1 Lung Unit, Papageorgiou Hospital, Ring Road N Efkarpia, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece
2 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Papageorgiou Hospital, Ring Road N Efkarpia, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece
3 1st Clinic of General Surgery, Papageorgiou Hospital, Ring Road N Efkarpia, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece
4 Department of Radiology, Papageorgiou Hospital, Ring Road N Efkarpia, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece
Cases Journal 2009, 2:9091 doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-9091
Published: 25 November 2009Abstract
Background
Lung cancer is the second commonest malignant tumour, with its splenic metastasis being a rare event.
Case Presentation
We report an exceedingly rare case of a moderate-to-low differentiation squamous cell lung carcinoma in a middle-aged man with a large solitary splenic metastasis detected simultaneously with the primary tumour. Surgical removal of both the primary tumour and the solitary splenic metastasis offered the patient the best treatment option.
Conclusion
The significance of the present case lies on the one hand in the appearance of a large solitary splenic metastasis from a squamous lung cancer at the time of its initial presentation and on the other in the successful excision of both lesions simultaneously.