Affiliation:
1. Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro
2. Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil
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.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Parasitology
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