Collision tumors in the gastrointestinal tract: a rare case series

A collision tumor is one where histology shows the presence of two distinct primaries involving the same organ without intermixture of individual cell types, ie, a side by side pattern. Here we present three rare cases of collision tumors involving the stomach and transverse colon. There were two ca...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inInternational medical case reports journal Vol. 5; no. default; pp. 73 - 77
Main Authors Bhattacharya, Aruna, Saha, Rama, Biswas, Jayanta, Biswas, Jhuma, Ghosh, Biswajit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2012
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dove Medical Press
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma
Case reports
Case Series
Gastrointestinal system
Health aspects
Lymphoma
Lymphomas
Physiological aspects
Tumors
India
histology
gastrointestinal tract
collision tumor
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:A collision tumor is one where histology shows the presence of two distinct primaries involving the same organ without intermixture of individual cell types, ie, a side by side pattern. Here we present three rare cases of collision tumors involving the stomach and transverse colon. There were two cases of collision tumors involving the stomach, one of which was a combination of adenocarcinoma and low-grade non-Hodgkin's (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma, and the other showed the presence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the entire stomach wall along with adenocarcinoma infiltrating the muscle layer. The third case comprised a mucinous adenocarcinoma and carcinoid tumor in the large gut.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:1179-142X
1179-142X
DOI:10.2147/IMCRJ.S35818