Importance of proctological examination in tropical environment. Apropos of 1000 rectoscopies performed at the Hospital of Bamako

Diallo, A.N.; Kone, B.M.; Pichard, E.; Coulibaly, B.; Traoré, A.H.; Duflo, B.

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique et de Ses Filiales 79(4): 542-548

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085
PMID: 3100073
Document Number: 280094
Analysing the results of 1,000 procto-sigmoidoscopies done in Bamako (Mali), the authors asses the major indications of this examination in Africa: rectal biopsy is quite efficient for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis; hemorroides and proctitis are frequent while tumors seem rare.

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