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 findings of cancer in chagasic organomegalies, we found a frequency of 4.8% in megaesophagus and 0.1% in megacolon.
Adad
Sheila Jorge
SJ
Disciplina de Patologia Especial, Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
Etchebehere
Renata Margarida
RM
Araujo
José Ribamar de
JR
Madureira
Andrea Berdu
AB
Lima
Vanessa Guimarães Freitas
VG
Silva
Alex Augusto da
AA
Eduardo
Crema
C
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