Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2016; 22(18): 4610-4614
Published online May 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i18.4610
Isolated splenic metastasis from colon cancer: Case report
Jiddou Abdou, Youssef Omor, Saber Boutayeb, Basma Elkhannoussi, Hassan Errihani
Jiddou Abdou, Saber Boutayeb, Hassan Errihani, Medical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah, Rabat 10000, Morocco
Youssef Omor, Radiology Department, National Institute of Oncology Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah, Rabat 10000, Morocco
Basma Elkhannoussi, Pathology Department, National Institute of Oncology Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah, Rabat 10000, Morocco
Author contributions: Abdou J, Boutayeb S and Errihani H designed the report; Omor Y performed Radiology analyses; Elkhannoussi B performed the pathology analyses; and Abdou J analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: This case report was exempt from the Institutional Review Board at The National Institute of Oncology Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah, Rabat, Morocco.
Informed consent statement: The patient provided its written informed consent before publication of this case report.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflicts of interests to declare.
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Correspondence to: Jiddou Abdou, MD, Medical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah, PO BOX 6213, Rabat 10000, Morocco. jidou.abdou@yahoo.fr
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Received: December 1, 2015
Peer-review started: December 2, 2015
First decision: January 13, 2016
Revised: February 14, 2016
Accepted: March 1, 2016
Article in press: March 2, 2016
Published online: May 14, 2016
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Core Tip

Core tip: Isolated splenic metastases from colon cancer are very rare, reporting of such cases was encouraged and recommended in several publications of this clinical entity to improve the management and survival of patients on stronger well-founded evidence.