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Excluding Lynch syndrome in a female patient with metachronous DNA mismatch repair deficient colon- and ovarian cancer.
Familial cancer - 1 Jul 2018
Crobach Stijn, Jansen Anne M L, Ligtenberg Marjolein J L, Koopmans Marije, Nielsen Maartje, Hes Frederik J, Wijnen Juul T, Dinjens Winand N M, van Wezel Tom, Morreau Hans
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Patients synchronously or metachronously presenting with ovarian and colon cancer can pose diagnostic challenges. A primary colon carcinoma can metastasize to one or both ovaries, two independent primary tumors can arise or an ovarian carcinoma can metastasize to the colon. Clinical and immunohistochemical characterization can aid the diagnosis. Recently, we reported that in difficult cases finding pathogenic APC...
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