title: Synchronous triple colorectal carcinoma: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: Synchronous colorectal carcinoma defines as multiple malignant lesions presented in a single patient at initial diagnosis. We report a case of triple synchronous colorectal carcinoma without related familial history. Preoperative computed tomography (CT) scan and endoscopic examination suggested multiple malignant lesions occurred in separate segments of colon. Then we performed laparoscopic total colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis with a J-type pouch. Post operative pathological examination confirmed the malignant characteristics of the triple lesions. The mini review summarizes the clinicopathological and molecular features of synchronous colorectal carcinoma based on current literatures. It appears to probably have significant distinctions with solitary tumors in terms of pathological type, primary locations and microsatellite instability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: Xinghua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shuai
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: Meizhou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: Jinbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: Kaixiong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tao
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Synchronous colorectal carcinoma; case report