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.
