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Solitary splenic metastasis of squamous lung cancer: a case report
Diamantis Chloros1, Grigorios Bitzikas, Marianna Kakoura
1Lung Unit, Papageorgiou Hospital, Ring Road N Efkarpia, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece.
Background:
Lung cancer is the second commonest malignant tumour, with its splenic metastasis being a rare event.
Case Presentation:
We report an exceedingly rare case of a moderate-to-low differentiation squamous cell lung carcinoma in a middle-aged man with a large solitary splenic metastasis detected simultaneously with the primary tumour. Surgical removal of both the primary tumour and the solitary splenic metastasis offered the patient the best treatment option.
Conclusion:
The significance of the present case lies on the one hand in the appearance of a large solitary splenic metastasis from a squamous lung cancer at the time of its initial presentation and on the other in the successful excision of both lesions simultaneously.
