A 35-Year-Old Woman Comes to the Office for Follow-Up on Genetic

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A 35-year-old woman comes to the office for follow-up on genetic testing for Lynch syndrome.  She has no symptoms or medical problems and has never had surgery.  A Papanicolaou test was normal last month.  The patient takes a daily multivitamin and no other medications.  She does not use contraception as she has not been sexually active since separating from her husband last year.  The patient's mother, age 54, is receiving chemotherapy for colon carcinoma.  Her maternal uncle was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 49, but it is in remission; her first cousin died of colon cancer at age 36.  In addition to colon cancer, the patient is at greatest risk for which of the following conditions?

• A)Breast carcinoma
• B)Clear cell renal carcinoma
• C)Endometrial carcinoma
• D)Hepatocellular carcinoma
• E)Medullary thyroid carcinoma
• F)Pancreatic adenoma
• G)Pheochromocytoma

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