title: Synchronous anaplastic oligodendroglioma and carcinoma tongue: a rare association.
abstract: We present the case of a 45-year-old female patient who harbored two synchronous primary malignant neoplasms-an anaplastic oligodendroglioma of the right frontal lobe and a squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. Both neoplasms were in advanced stage and carried a dismal prognosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documentation in the english literature of such a presentation. The purpose of this article is to alert clinicians to this possibility and to outline the management approach in a different manner in patients presenting with multiple primary neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Vikash
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Medha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tatke
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Rathi
authors.forename: Shashank
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shekhar
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bahadur
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery