Concurrent adenocarcinoma of the colon and chronic intestinal parasitoses: a case report.
A 25-year-old patient presented with recurrent bloody diarrhoea associated with intestinal parasitoses. Radiography and tissue histology confirmed the diagnosis of an annular colonic adenocarcinoma. The incidence and management of colonic malignancy in young Africans is discussed in the light of its described associationship with protozoal/helminthic parasitoses.
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Department of Clinical Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.
Abengowe
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy; D003092:Colitis / Q000209:etiology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy