Primary peritoneal cancer in Lynch syndrome: a clinical-pathologic report of a case and analysis of the literature.

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Lynch syndrome is a genetic disease, caused by a germ-line mutation in a mismatch repair gene, related to an increased risk of developing colorectal and extracolonic cancer. Despite that, the incidence of primary peritoneal cancer after adnexectomy remains unknown. We here report a case of primary peritoneal cancer in a woman affected by Lynch syndrome who underwent hysterectomy+salpingo-oophorectomy for...

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