Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literature

Autor: Andrea Berdu Madureira, Crema Eduardo, José Ribamar de Araújo, Vanessa Guimarães de Freitas Lima, Alex Augusto da Silva, Renata Margarida Etchebehere, Sheila Jorge Adad
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 35, Iss 1, Pp 63-68 (2002)
ISSN: 1678-9849
Popis: 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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