Retinitis pigmentosa and colon cancer: a previously unreported association.
Retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary disease characterized by progressive retinal degeneration and blindness, has been associated with numerous diseases. We report the first association between retinitis pigmentosa and colon cancer in 3 of 53 hospitalized patients with retinitis pigmentosa at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary for the period from 1962 to 1977.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies