Primary low-grade mucinous adenocarcinoma spleen resulting in Pseudomyxoma peritonei: A case report.

Indian J Pathol Microbiol

Department of Pathology, Pathology Resident, St Stephens Hospital, Tis Hazari, New Delhi, India.

Published: January 2021

A 61-year-old man presented with complaints of abdominal pain, loss of weight, and splenomegaly since past 6 months. On computed tomography, the spleen was totally replaced by multiloculated cysts and splenectomy was performed. Pathological examination revealed a low-grade mucinous adenocarcinoma. Postoperative PET scan was negative, and in the absence of a primary tumor elsewhere, we considered this tumor to be primary in the spleen, and it was presumed that the tumor arose from invaginated capsular mesothelium of the spleen.

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