[Megas and cancer. Cancer of the large intestine in chagasic patients with megacolon].

Authors :: Meneses AC
Lopes MA
Rocha A
Fatureto MC
Lopes GP
Lopes ER
Chapadeiro E
Source :: Arquivos de gastroenterologia [Arq Gastroenterol] 1989 Jan-Jun; Vol. 26 (1-2), pp. 13-6.
Publication Year :: 1989
Abstract: This is a review of 4.690 necropsies and 24.209 surgical pathology specimens describing the association between megacolon chagasic and malignant tumors of the large bowel. The prevalence of malignant tumors of the large bowel was not higher in megacolon.

Subjects :: Brazil epidemiology
Chagas Disease epidemiology
Chagas Disease pathology
Colonic Neoplasms epidemiology
Colonic Neoplasms pathology
Humans
Megacolon epidemiology
Megacolon pathology
Chagas Disease complications
Colonic Neoplasms etiology
Megacolon complications

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