Dual Tumor Pathogenesis in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Synchronous Rectal Schwannoma and Gallbladder Papillary Adenocarcinoma—A Case Report
Adrian Cotovanu, Catalin Dumitru Cosma, Calin Molnar, Simona Gurzu, Marius-Alexandru Beleaua, Vlad Olimpiu Butiurca, Marian Botoncea · 2025
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Adrian Cotovanu and six co-authors published a 2025 case report on a patient found to have two unrelated gut tumors at once. Synchronous tumors in the digestive tract are very rare, above all when one is benign and the other malignant. Schwannomas, tumors of nerve sheath cells, seldom arise in the rectum, while papillary cancer of the gallbladder is an aggressive cancer from a growth inside the gallbladder.
The patient was a 68 year old woman admitted for surgery for severe pelvic organ prolapse. Scans before surgery incidentally revealed a rectal wall mass and gallstones. A combined operation removed the uterus, the rectum segment with the tumor, and the gallbladder. Tissue study confirmed the rare pairing, which the authors say has not been reported before.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Adrian Cotovanu, Catalin Dumitru Cosma, Calin Molnar, Simona Gurzu, Marius-Alexandru Beleaua, Vlad Olimpiu Butiurca, Marian Botoncea |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |