Six synchronous colonic cancers in a pair of monozygotic twins.
A pair of monozygotic twins presented within five months of each other with three colonic carcinomas each. The unusual presentation of multiple tumors in both twins suggests a genetic mutation. Both patients also had multiple lipomas.
D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000235:genetics*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic