Multiple disciplinary team management of rare primary splenic malignancy: Two case reports.

World J Clin Cases

Department of Hematology, General Hospital of Western Theater, Chengdu 610083, Sichuan Province, China.

Published: October 2022

Background: Malignant splenic tumors are rare but fatal, presenting a challenge in diagnosis and management involving hematology, oncology, and general surgery. By contrast, diagnosing and treating other common malignant tumors (such as lung and gastrointestinal cancer) offers multiple strategies for chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy with the prospect of a cure. With various specialists involved in clinical multiple disciplinary team (MDT) discussion, personal bias can be minimized. It can also ignite important discussion which can benefit not only one patient but many patients.

Case Summary: Here, we report on the MDT diagnosis and management of the malignant splenic tumors littoral cell angiosarcoma and histiocytic sarcoma. Although only two cases of rare primary splenic malignancy are presented, MDT is a novel means of rare disease treatment.

Conclusion: To benefit patients, imaging analysis, safe operation, precise pathology examination, and individualized therapeutic treatment strategies are required. The involvement of various specialists in a clinical MDT discussion minimizes personal bias and can create important ideas to benefit all patients.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602245PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i29.10535DOI Listing

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