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Metastases

Splenic metastases are extremely rare mainly in the initial phases of the disease. Lung, breast, melanoma and colon tumours are the most frequently reported cases.

Splenic metastasis from a lung carcinoma; groups of malignant epithelial cells, PALS, few dispersed lymphoid cells and a sheet of benign mesothelial cells transported by the needle.