Case Report
Case Report of Synchronous Prostate, Hepatocellular, and Rectal
Carcinomas and Review of the Literature
Viktoria Lamprou ,
1
Daniel Paramythiotis ,
2
Dimitrios Giakoustidis ,
3
Anestis Karakatsanis ,
2
Athanasios Astreinidis ,
1
Moysis Moysidis ,
2
Antonios Mihalopoulos ,
2
and Stefanos Finitsis
1
1
Department of Interventional Radiology, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA, Thessaloniki 546 21, Greece
2
1st Propaedeutic Surgery Department, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki AHEPA, Thessaloniki 546 21, Greece
3
1st Surgery Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital Papageorgiou, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece
Correspondence should be addressed to Viktoria Lamprou; victorialambrou@gmail.com
Received 10 October 2019; Accepted 10 January 2020; Published 22 January 2020
Academic Editor: Christophoros Foroulis
Copyright © 2020 Viktoria Lamprou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution
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Synchronous occurrence of three histopathologically distinct malignant tumors is a rare event, and there are no definitive guidelines
about the optimal treatment of these patients. We report a case of synchronous prostate, hepatocellular, and rectal carcinomas and
discuss our therapeutic strategy that resulted in excellent clinical results.
1. Introduction
Synchronous malignancies are defined as tumors diagnosed
within two to six months of the initial diagnosis of a primary
tumor and occur in 0,002% to 1,96% of cancer patients [1, 2].
This frequency is increasing despite a general decline in can-
cer deaths since 1991 because of the increased lifespan of the
general population secondary to proper screening, earlier
diagnosis, improvements in treatment, and surveillance of
patients [3]. Management of synchronous cancers is chal-
lenging [4]. We present a patient with synchronous liver,
colorectal, and prostate cancers treated by a multidisciplinary
approach with an excellent clinical outcome.
2. Case Presentation
A 67-year-old man presented with a history of change of
bowel habits, blood in stool, and weight loss. His past medical
history included only tobacco and alcohol use. According to
his family history, two of his first-degree relatives had devel-
oped colonic cancer. A colonoscopy revealed the presence of
a 4 cm mass approximately 10 cm from the anal verge and
was confirmed to be a well-differentiated colon adenocarci-
noma at a biopsy. Laboratory tests showed elevated serum
carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) (8,07 ng/ml), elevated
serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) (17,87 ng/ml), and
elevated α-FP (17,9 ng/ml). The patient was seronegative
for HBsAg and anti-HCV (IgM and IgG). His liver func-
tion tests were within normal limits. The abdominal MRI
showed the presence of an 11 × 10, 5 × 10, 5 cm mass in
the right hepatic lobe, with radiologic features consistent
with a primary liver lesion (Figures 1 and 2). The CT-
guided liver biopsy revealed a well-differentiated hepato-
cellular carcinoma. Additionally, because of the elevated
PSA values, a prostate biopsy was performed. Seven core
biopsies were taken from the left prostatic lobe and eight
from the right lobe, and all of them were positive for pros-
tatic adenocarcinoma (Gleason score 3 + 4 = 7/10).
Given the patient’s good performance status, surgical
resection for the hepatocellular carcinoma was considered.
However, because of the small liver remnant, it was decided
to first perform transarterial chemoembolization, to partially
control the hepatocellular carcinoma (Figure 3). Two weeks
later, the rectal carcinoma was treated by low anterior
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Case Reports in Surgery
Volume 2020, Article ID 6967428, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6967428