Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Feb 2002)

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

  • Sheila Jorge Adad,
  • Renata Margarida Etchebehere,
  • José Ribamar de Araújo,
  • Andrea Berdu Madureira,
  • Vanessa Guimarães Freitas Lima,
  • Alex Augusto da Silva,
  • Crema Eduardo

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 35, no. 1
pp. 63 – 68

Abstract

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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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