Life threatening hemorrhagic metastatic Splenic lesions requiring emergent splenectomy in a patient with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

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H. Tahir, N. ramagiri Vinod, saad ullah, and khandakar hussain, “Life threatening hemorrhagic metastatic Splenic lesions requiring emergent splenectomy in a patient with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma”., ijmhs, vol. 6, no. 4, Aug. 2016.
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Abstract

Spleen is said to be the most vascular organ in human body,which seldom is associated with metastasis. Lung was the most common primary carcinomatous site followed by the stomach, pancreas ,liver and colon .Rarely reported cases of primary tumor, such as esophageal carcinomas, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and choriocarcinoma, were found. We present a case of 60 year old female presenting with Hypovolemic shock due to Hemorrhagic Splenic Metastasis with a primary tumor in the Pancreas.

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