Abstract:The incidence of multiple primary malignant tumors in the same individual is increasing worldwide. We report a case of a 30 years old female with an adenocarcinoma of the colon in whom a high grade dysplasia/carcinoma in situ of the gallbladder was incidentally discovered in the cholecystectomy specimen resected with the colon for multiple gall stones. Synchronous adenocarcinomas of the colon and the gallbladder are extremely rare with only seven cases reported so far. The link between the colonic and the gall… Show more
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