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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| author | Sheila Jorge Adad Renata Margarida Etchebehere José Ribamar de Araújo Andrea Berdu Madureira Vanessa Guimarães Freitas Lima Alex Augusto da Silva Crema Eduardo |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-7f9a7483e50049eea404caf778401a522022-12-22T03:28:51ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98492002-02-013516368Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literatureSheila Jorge Adad0Renata Margarida Etchebehere1José Ribamar de Araújo2Andrea Berdu Madureira3Vanessa Guimarães Freitas Lima4Alex Augusto da Silva5Crema Eduardo6Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo MineiroFaculdade de Medicina do Triângulo MineiroFaculdade de Medicina do Triângulo MineiroFaculdade de Medicina do Triângulo MineiroFaculdade de Medicina do Triângulo MineiroFaculdade de Medicina do Triângulo MineiroFaculdade de Medicina do Triângulo MineiroThere 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822002000100012&tlng=enChagas' diseaseChagasic megacolonColorectal cancerCancer in organomegalies |
| spellingShingle | Sheila Jorge Adad Renata Margarida Etchebehere José Ribamar de Araújo Andrea Berdu Madureira Vanessa Guimarães Freitas Lima Alex Augusto da Silva Crema Eduardo Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literature Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Chagas' disease Chagasic megacolon Colorectal cancer Cancer in organomegalies |
| title | Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literature |
| title_full | Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literature |
| title_fullStr | Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literature |
| title_short | Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literature |
| title_sort | association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon case report and review of the literature |
| topic | Chagas' disease Chagasic megacolon Colorectal cancer Cancer in organomegalies |
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