title: Incidental intraoperative discovery of colonic growth in a patient with esophageal carcinoma- lessons learnt!
abstract: Presentation of more than one malignancy at the intial time of diagnosis is rare. Recently we encountered a patient who was diagnosed with carcinoma esophagus found to have another incidental growth in his right colon at the time of surgery. When managed appropriately such patients do well depending on the stage of their malignancy. Here in this article we have reviewed the literature pertaining to multiple primary malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, 576104 India.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Narendra
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, 576104 India.
authors.forename: Rohan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vinayak
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomas
keywords: Carcinoma colon; Carcinoma esophagus; Double malignancy