Colorectal and Vulvar Synchronous Cancer: A Case Report

Vahidfar, Mohammadreza; Hossein Abdolahi, Alimeh; Karimi Zarchi, Mojgan

Volume 5, Issue 4 (Summer 2013) Iranian Journal of Blood and Cancer 2013, 5(4): 151-152 | Back to browse issues page

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Vahidfar M, Hossein Abdolahi A, Karimi Zarchi M. Colorectal and Vulvar Synchronous Cancer: A Case Report. Iranian Journal of Blood and Cancer 2013; 5 (4) :151-152
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Colorectal and Vulvar Synchronous Cancer: A Case Report

Mohammadreza Vahidfar

, Alimeh Hossein Abdolahi ^*

, Mojgan Karimi Zarchi

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Synchronous cancer is referred to two or more histological distinct malignancies diagnosed during the same hospital admission. Globally more than 1 million people get colorectal cancer yearly resulting in about 0.5 million deaths. Vulvar cancer is the fourth most common gynecologic cancer (following the corpus uterine cancer, cancer of ovary and cervix) and comprises only 4 percent of malignancies of the female genital tract. Here we report a 63 year old female with diagnosis of synchronous vulvar carcinoma colorectal carcinoma. To our knowledge this patient is the only reported case with these two synchronous cancers without any special risk factor. Key words: Vulvar neoplasms, colorectal neoplasms, treatment.

Keywords: Vulvar neoplasms, colorectal neoplasms, treatment

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: Original Article | Subject: Pediatric Hematology & Oncology
Received: 2013/03/12 | Accepted: 2013/06/5 | Published: 2013/10/7

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