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Solitary Splenic Metastasis from Ovarian Cancer Successfully Treated by Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Splenectomy: Report of a Case

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Solitary splenic metastasis is an extremely rare phenomenon for which splenectomy is generally indicated because a good prognosis can be achieved if chemotherapy is given postoperatively. We report herein a case of solitary splenic metastasis from ovarian cancer, which was completely removed by hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery.

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  1. Department of Surgery, NTT West Osaka Hospital, 2-6-40 Karasugatsuji, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-8922, Japan, , , , , , JP

    Hiroshi Yano, Takashi Iwazawa, Masakatsu Kinuta, Yoshiaki Nakano, Takeshi Tono, Shigeo Matsui, Toshiyuki Kanoh & Takushi Monden

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  1. Hiroshi Yano
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Received: June 25, 2001 / Accepted: January 8, 2002

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Yano, H., Iwazawa, T., Kinuta, M. et al. Solitary Splenic Metastasis from Ovarian Cancer Successfully Treated by Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Splenectomy: Report of a Case. Surg Today 32, 750–752 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950200142

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