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

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 findi...

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Main Authors: Sheila Jorge Adad, Renata Margarida Etchebehere, José Ribamar de Araújo, Andrea Berdu Madureira, Vanessa Guimarães Freitas Lima, Alex Augusto da Silva, Crema Eduardo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2002
Subjects:
Chagas' disease
Chagasic megacolon
Colorectal cancer
Cancer in organomegalies
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/7f9a7483e50049eea404caf778401a52
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Summary: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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