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Oesophageal carcinoma presenting with a synchronous asymptomatic colon carcinoma

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 imagin...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Alok, Chauhan, Bharat, Rangarajan, V, Desai, Saral, Noronha, Vanita, Prabhash, Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049302
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.116202
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Sumario: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.