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A pair of monozygotic twins presented within five months of each other with three colonic carcinomas each. The unusual presentation of multiple tumors in both twins suggests a genetic mutation. Both patients also had multiple lipomas.
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Johnson, C.D., Thomson, H. Six synchronous colonic cancers in a pair of monozygotic twins. Dis Colon Rectum 29, 745–746 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02555324
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02555324