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

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

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

Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales. 1986;79(4):542-8.

[Article in French]

Authors

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

PMID: 3100073

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Comparative Study
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Biopsy
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Hemorrhoids / diagnosis
Humans
Male
Mali
Proctitis / diagnosis
Proctoscopy*
Rectal Diseases / diagnosis
Rectal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Rectum / pathology
Schistosomiasis mansoni / diagnosis