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An Unusual Presentation of Colon Cancer mimicking a synchronous lesion

RAMAMOORTHI .

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Abstract : Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the world. Vast majority of it are adenocarcinomas. The incidence of synchronous colon cancer is around 5-10. The following case is an unusual presentation of caecal        carcinoma infiltrating into the sigmoid mimicking a              synchronous colon cancer on colonoscopy.

 Keyword :colonic ca caecal infiltrating sigmoid  adenocarcinoma mimicking synchronous

 


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