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Solitary splenic recurrence of ovarian cancer: case report and review of the literature

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We report a rare case of solitary recurrence of ovarian cancer in the spleen which developed 4 years after initial treatment. Only six cases have been reported in the literature and all were serous carcinoma. Our patient had a splenectomy without any complications but developed a liver metastasis 10 months after splenectomy.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan, , , , , , JP

    K. Ushijima, T. Nishida, N. Okura, T. Sugiyama, K. Komai, H. Tanaka, M. Ohbuchi & M. Yakushiji

  2. Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan, , , , , , JP

    K. Okuda

  3. Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan, , , , , , JP

    M. Tanaka

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Received: 12 August 1998 / Accepted: 11 January 1999

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Ushijima, K., Nishida, T., Okura, N. et al. Solitary splenic recurrence of ovarian cancer: case report and review of the literature. Arch Gynecol Obstet 263, 79–81 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004040050268

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