What are the symptoms of splenic metastatic tumor?

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Splenic metastatic tumors are malignant tumors originated from the epithelial system, excluding those originated from the hematopoietic system. Most splenic metastatic tumors are cancer metastasis, mainly through blood vessels, only a few through lymph nodes. Let's share my experience with you.

What are the symptoms of splenic metastatic tumor?

Usually, when cancer patients have spleen metastasis, there are extensive organ metastasis. Splenic metastases usually do not cause splenomegaly. The spleen is only slightly enlarged, even completely normal. Therefore, there are often no special clinical symptoms.

Only when the spleen is obviously enlarged, the symptoms of left upper abdominal mass, abdominal pain and compression of surrounding organs can be produced. The same can also have fever, loss of appetite, weight loss, anemia, ascites and other signs.

If the metastatic tumor of the spleen is limited to the spleen, and the primary lesion has been radical resection or surgical exploration found that the primary cancer can be radical resection, splenectomy is feasible, and comprehensive treatment is given after operation, the effect is acceptable.

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The primary foci of metastatic splenic tumors can be all organs of the body. Lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, renal cancer, cervical cancer, choriocarcinoma and malignant melanoma are more common from blood dissemination. Abdominal organs are common in lymphatic pathway, often accompanied by abdominal aorta or perisplenic lymph node enlargement.