Open AccessSynchronous primary cancers: Renal cell carcinoma and rectal cancer
Author(s) -
M C Suresh Babu,
Vikas Asati,
K Govind Babu,
M N Suma,
L K Rajeev,
K. Lokesh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_45_17
Subject(s) - medicine , rectum , renal cell carcinoma , colorectal cancer , adenocarcinoma , cancer , carcinoma , oncology , clear cell carcinoma , kidney , kidney cancer , pathology
Although cancers of rectum and kidney are common malignancies, the occurrence of primary synchronous neoplasms of these organs has been reported rarely. Very few case reports are available in literature till date. The relationship between these two events remains unclear, probably because of the rarity of the association. In this report, we describe incidentally detected renal cell carcinoma in an elderly man, during staging workup of rectal adenocarcinoma and both malignancies were surgically managed simultaneously with curative intent.