Table 1 Summary of patients with gastric cancer and splenic sarcoid reaction/sarcoidosis
No | Year | Author | Age | Sex | Diagnosis | Form of splenic SR | Time of diagnosis with splenic mass | PET/CT | Location of SR | Location of GC | Histological type | Operation | TNM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1997 | Kojima et al. [3] | 67 | M | SR | NA | Postoperative (ss) | Â | LN + S | NA | Diffuse | TG + S | T2N1 |
2 | 72 | M | SR | NA | Postoperative (ss) | Â | LN + S | NA | Diffuse | TG + S | T3N1 | ||
3 | 73 | F | SR | NA | Postoperative (ss) | Â | LN + S | NA | Diffuse | TG + S | T3N1 | ||
4 | 74 | M | SR | NA | Postoperative (ss) | Â | LN + S | NA | Intestinal | TG + S | T4N2 | ||
5 | 77 | M | SR | NA | Postoperative (ss) | Â | LN + S | NA | Intestinal | TG + S | T3N2 | ||
6 | 1999 | Shigematsu et al. [4] | 66 | M | SR | Multiple | Intraoperative findings | Â | LN + S | UML | Well to poor | TG + S + C | T2N1 |
7 | 1999 | Igarashi et al. [5] | 69 | F | SR | Multiple | Postoperative (ss) | Â | LN + S | UE | Small cell carcinoma | TG + PS | T4Nx |
8 | 2000 | Kiyasu et al. [6] | 72 | M | SR | Multiple | Postoperative (ss) | Â | LN + S | UE | Mod | TG + S | T3N3 |
9 | 2008 | Gondou et al. [7] | 58 | F | SR | Multiple | Preoperative CT | Â | LN + S | U | Poor | TG + S + C | T2N2 |
10 | 2010 | Ohta et al. [8] | 53 | F | SR | Multiple | Preoperative CT | Â | LN + S | U | Poor | TG + S + C | T1bN0 |
11 | 2011 | Mikami et al. [9] | 70 | F | Sarcoidosis | Multiple | Preoperative CT and PET/CT | + | S | ML | Poor | DG + FNA | T3N3a |
12 | 2012 | Konishi et al. [10] | 69 | F | SR | Solitary by image, multiple by ss | Preoperative PET/CT | + | Stomach + LN + S | M | Sig | TG + S | T2N1 |
13 |  | Our case | 82 | M | SR | Solitary by image, two by ss | Postoperative (6 months) (CT and PET/CT) | + | LN + S | ML | Well | DG → S | T3N0 |