| Metastatic Adenocarcinoma
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Etiology
• Spread from primary source.
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Pathogenesis
• Tumor emboli are entrapped in the splenic circulation.,
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Epidemiology
• Rare and usually found at autopsy.
• Occasionally presents as splenomegaly.
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General Gross Description
• Tan to gray white (depending on primary site)
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• Dependent on histology of primary tumor.
•Examples:
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Clinical Correlation
• Usuallly not of clinical significance.
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References
• Sternberg SS (ed): Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, second edition. Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven, 1996, pp. 753-4
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| Metastatic Adenocarcinoma
| | Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T07000M81406)[447]
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