title: Association of chagasic megacolon and cancer of the colon: case report and review of the literature.
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.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Patologia Especial, Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sheila Jorge
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Adad
authors.forename: Renata Margarida
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Etchebehere
authors.forename: José Ribamar de
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.forename: Andrea Berdu
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Madureira
authors.forename: Vanessa Guimarães Freitas
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Alex Augusto da
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Crema
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eduardo
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008531:Megacolon / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D008875:Middle Aged