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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">478</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A RARE COMBINATION OF SYNCHRONOUS DOUBLE PRIMARY MALIGNANCIES - A CASE REPORT WITH LITERATURE REVIEW&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>A.</surname><given-names>Balasubramanian</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname/><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Babu</surname><given-names>C. P. Ganesh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Palaniappan</surname><given-names>M.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mughilan</surname><given-names>A. S.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>11</day><month>08</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>12</fpage><lpage>16</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: Aim of this study is to report a rare combination of synchronous double primary malignancies and to review the literature with reference to so far reported cases.&#13;
Case Report: A 48 years old male patient presented to us with lower abdominal pain and burning micturition of one month duration. Based on clinical presentation and investigation reports he was diagnosed as a case of synchronous double primary malignancies of ascending colon and urinary bladder. After complete workup for both the malignancies, he underwent Trans Urethral Resection of Bladder Tumour (TURBT) and radical right hemicolectomy.&#13;
Discussion: The term Multiple Primary Malignant Neoplasms (MPMNs), was first used by Billroth in 1889. They can be synchronous or metachronous. Extensive literature search shows only four cases of synchronous double primaries involving urinary bladder and colon. We are reporting a rare combination of synchronous double primary malignancies of urinary bladder and ascending colon. This is the fifth case report of synchronous double primaries involving bladder and colon and third case report involving bladder and ascending colon to the best of our knowledge.&#13;
Conclusion: MPMNs are still elusive for want of proper guidelines regarding correct terminology and classification encompassing varying presentations of chronological, aetiological, clinical and histopathological combinations. Our case adds up to literature for further research. The possibility of occurrence of synchronous multiple primary malignancies should be considered during workup for any malignant condition to institute early intervention to achieve good outcome.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Colonic adenocarcinoma</kwd><kwd> Synchronous primaries</kwd><kwd> Urothelial carcinoma</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
