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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
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35(1): 63-68, jan.-fev. 2002.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-331774
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.