Chagasic megacolon in Venezuela – case report
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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% ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Coloproctology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2237-9363,2317-6423
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcol.2019.10.001