Adad SJ, Etchebehere RM, Araujo JRD, Madureira AB, Lima VGF, Silva AAD, Eduardo C. Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literature.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2002;
35:63-8. [PMID:
11873264 DOI:
10.1590/s0037-86822002000100012]
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Abstract
There are few descriptions of association between chagasic megacolon and colon cancer. We report a case of obstructive abdomen caused by adenocarcinoma of the left colon in chagasic megacolon. A review of the literature revealed 8 cases of this association and, analyzing together the series of findings of cancer in chagasic organomegalies, we found a frequency of 4.8% in megaesophagus and 0.1% in megacolon.
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