Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of ovarian cancer metastasis in the spleen: a therapeutic option to consider

J Ultrasound. 2024 Jun 20. doi: 10.1007/s40477-024-00921-9. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Splenic metastasis are rare clinical entities developing in less than 1% of all metastatic cancers and usually in the setting of disseminated disease. To date, splenectomy is traditionally the first line therapy in patient with splenic metastasis, however non-surgical therapies have been reported. Here we described the case of a 57-year-old patient with splenic metastasis from ovarian cancer successfully treated by percutaneous radiofrequency ablation. Furthermore, we performed a literature systematic review of the cases of splenic metastases treated by thermal ablation.

Keywords: Metastasis; Ovarian cancer; Radiofrequency ablation; Spleen; Thermal ablation.