Atraumatic splenic rupture secondary to metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer

Splenic metastasis of solid organ tumors is rare; even more so is splenic rupture from metastatic disease. We report a case of a 61-year-old male who presented with splenic rupture and hemodynamic instability, secondary to malignant metastasis from a recently diagnosed left lung cancer.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ogu, Uchechukwu Stanley, Keim, Garrett, Cleary, Andrew J., Bloch, Robert S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3813486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24964457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt051
Descripción
Sumario:Splenic metastasis of solid organ tumors is rare; even more so is splenic rupture from metastatic disease. We report a case of a 61-year-old male who presented with splenic rupture and hemodynamic instability, secondary to malignant metastasis from a recently diagnosed left lung cancer.

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