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
_version_ 1782289109794947072
author Ogu, Uchechukwu Stanley
Keim, Garrett
Cleary, Andrew J.
Bloch, Robert S.
author_facet Ogu, Uchechukwu Stanley
Keim, Garrett
Cleary, Andrew J.
Bloch, Robert S.
author_sort Ogu, Uchechukwu Stanley
collection PubMed
description 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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3813486
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2013
publisher Oxford University Press
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-38134862013-10-31 Atraumatic splenic rupture secondary to metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer Ogu, Uchechukwu Stanley Keim, Garrett Cleary, Andrew J. Bloch, Robert S. J Surg Case Rep Case Reports 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. Oxford University Press 2013-07 2013-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3813486/ /pubmed/24964457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt051 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2013. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
spellingShingle Case Reports
Ogu, Uchechukwu Stanley
Keim, Garrett
Cleary, Andrew J.
Bloch, Robert S.
Atraumatic splenic rupture secondary to metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer
title Atraumatic splenic rupture secondary to metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer
title_full Atraumatic splenic rupture secondary to metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer
title_fullStr Atraumatic splenic rupture secondary to metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer
title_full_unstemmed Atraumatic splenic rupture secondary to metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer
title_short Atraumatic splenic rupture secondary to metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer
title_sort atraumatic splenic rupture secondary to metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer
topic Case Reports
url 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
work_keys_str_mv AT oguuchechukwustanley atraumaticsplenicrupturesecondarytometastaticnonsmallcelllungcancer
AT keimgarrett atraumaticsplenicrupturesecondarytometastaticnonsmallcelllungcancer
AT clearyandrewj atraumaticsplenicrupturesecondarytometastaticnonsmallcelllungcancer
AT blochroberts atraumaticsplenicrupturesecondarytometastaticnonsmallcelllungcancer

Ejemplares similares