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. 2002 Jan-Feb;35(1):63-8.
doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822002000100012.

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

Sheila Jorge Adad  1 , Renata Margarida Etchebehere, José Ribamar de Araujo, Andrea Berdu Madureira, Vanessa Guimarães Freitas Lima, Alex Augusto da Silva, Crema Eduardo
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Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literature

Sheila Jorge Adad et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2002 Jan-Feb.
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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.

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