Synchronous isolated splenic metastasis from colon carcinoma and concomitant splenic abscess: A case report and review of the literature

Table 1 Literature review of isolated splenic metastasis from colorectal carcinoma

Year	Author	Journal	Site of primary tumor	Synchronous metastasis	Metachronous metastasis	Concomitant splenic abscess
1969	Dunbar[10]	Mayo Clinic Proc	Rectum		1
1982	Waller[25]	Clin Nucl Med	Sigmoid colon		1
1986	Slavin[26]	Clin Nucl Med	Right colon		1
1992	Capizzi[27]	South Med J	Rectum		1
1993	Thomas[28]	Eur J Surg Oncol	Left colon		1
1997	Mainprize[3]	Br J Surg	Splenic flexure		1
1997	Indudhara[13]	South Med J	Sigmoid colon		1
1999	Achuthan[6]	Ann R Coll Surg Engl	Rectum		1
1999	Weathers[24]	Dis Colon Rectum1	Sigmoid colon		1
1999	Vadalà[29]	Minerva Chir	Left colon		1
2000	Kim[4]	J Korean Med Sci	Right colon		1
2000	Lee[30]	Am Surg	Not specified		1
2001	Place[1]	Am Surg	Sigmoid colon		1
2001	Avesani[11]	Am J Clin Oncol	Left colon	1
2001	Paramelle[7]	J Radiol	Left colon	1		1
2001	Okuyama[20]	Jpn J Clin Oncol	Sigmoid colon		1
2001	Quoted in Okuyama[20]	Jpn J Clin Oncol2	Left colon		11
			Left + right colon		1
			Right colon		7
			Rectum		1
2003	Genna[17]	Minerva Chir	Left colon		1
2004	Cavallaro[12]	J Exp Clin Cancer Res	Sigmoid colon		1
2004	Pizzirusso[31]	Acta Chir Belg	Left colon		1
2006	Cabanas[16]	Tumori	Sigmoid colon		1
2006	Gencosmanoglu[5]	World J Surg Oncol	Sigmoid colon + splenic flexure		1
2007	Pisanu	Present report	Splenic flexure	1	39	1
			Total	3		2

¹This metastasis occurred 3 mo after colonic operation;

²From the review of the Japanese literature.