Solitary metastasis of ampullary carcinoma to the spleen: a case report

Key Clinical Message Here, we report a first case of ampullary cancer with solitary metastasis of the spleen, which was successfully treated with pancreatoduodenectomy and splenectomy and was discharged 7 days after the operation with outpatient chemotherapy. In such cases, physicians should conside...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical case reports 2018-04, Vol.6 (4), p.578-580
1. Verfasser:	Phan, Tri M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ampullary cancer Case Report Case Reports Metastasis oligometastasis Pancreaticoduodenectomy pancreatoduodenectomy splenic metastasis
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Zusammenfassung:	Key Clinical Message Here, we report a first case of ampullary cancer with solitary metastasis of the spleen, which was successfully treated with pancreatoduodenectomy and splenectomy and was discharged 7 days after the operation with outpatient chemotherapy. In such cases, physicians should consider splenectomy as an effective treatment option. Here, we report a first case of ampullary cancer with solitary metastasis of the spleen, which was successfully treated with pancreatoduodenectomy and splenectomy and was discharged 7 days after the operation with outpatient chemotherapy. In such cases, physicians should consider splenectomy as an effective treatment option.
ISSN:	2050-0904 2050-0904
DOI:	10.1002/ccr3.1414