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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2013; 34(02): 117-120
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.116202
CASE REPORT

Oesophageal carcinoma presenting with a synchronous asymptomatic colon carcinoma

Alok Gupta
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Bharat Chauhan
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
V Rangarajan
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Saral Desai
Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Vanita Noronha
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Kumar Prabhash
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

The advancement in diagnostic techniques has resulted in increased incidence of occult second primary in cancer patients. Here, we report a case of symptomatic oesophageal carcinoma and synchronous asymptomatic colon carcinoma diagnosed through Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography imaging.

Keywords

Multiple primary malignant neoplasms - oesophageal carcinoma - synchronous colon carcinoma


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20 July 2021

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