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Only 11 cases have been reported in the literature.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>Herein, we present a case of primary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma in the spleen in a 50-year-old woman. Abdominal CT and MRI revealed a 9.5 \u00d7 6.5 cm mixed solid-cystic lesion with heterogeneous enhancement of the mural nodules and septations, with secondary extension abutting the gastric fundus and pancreatic tail. Notably, tumor biomarker profiling demonstrated remarkable increases in CA19-9 (&amp;gt;12,000 U\/ml) and CEA (41.5 ng\/ml) levels. Following splenectomy, histopathology revealed the mass to be a mucinous cystadenocarcinoma. Given that metastatic cystadenocarcinoma is relatively common, investigations were performed to evaluate the primary site of malignancy. A whole-body PET-CT scan did not reveal any metabolically active lesions in any part of the body. Neither upper gastrointestinal endoscopy nor colonoscopy revealed any primary malignant lesions. 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