Accessory spleen hypertrophy mimicking colon cancer metastasis

• Published in: Experimental Oncology
• Date: 2016
• Main Authors: Ates, I., Yazici, O., Yazilitas, D., Ozdemir, N., Zengin, N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут експериментальної патології, онкології і радіобіології ім. Р.Є. Кавецького НАН України 2016
• Subjects: Case report
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/137745
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Accessory spleen hypertrophy mimicking colon cancer metastasis / I. Ates, O. Yazici, D. Yazilitas, N. Ozdemir, N. Zengin // Experimental Oncology. — 2016 — Т. 38, № 3. — С. 202–203. — Бібліогр.: 9 назв. — англ.

Accessory spleen is a congenital form of an ectopic splenic tissue. In this report, we present a case of a patient who was followed with the diagnosis of rectal and sigmoid colon cancer and an accessory spleen hypertrophy, which was thought to be colon cancer metastasis in the left hypochondriac reg...