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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002;22:1011-1013
© 2002 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Late splenic metastasis after curative resection for oesophageal carcinoma

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India
^b Department of Pathology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Bombay, India

Received 21 May 2002; received in revised form 2 September 2002; accepted 4 September 2002.

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The spleen is an unusual site of distant metastasis from solid tumours. While contiguous involvement of the spleen may occur in tumours arising from the stomach, pancreas or colon; the spleen as the seat of distant metastasis is a rare occurrence. We report herewith one such instance of metastatic involvement of the spleen in an operated case of carcinoma oesophagus.

Key Words: Splenic metastasis • Carcinoma oesophagus