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ily ava i lab le d i agnos t i c m o d a l i t y which m a y be pe r - f o r m e d wi th ease a n d at a lesser cost c o m p a r e d with u p p e r g a s t r o i n t e s t i n a l e n d o s c o p y . W e s u g g e s t this p r o c e d u r e p r o v i d e s an a l t e r n a t i v e m e t h o d for e n d o - scopic a n d h is to logic d i agnos i s as well as f o l l o w - u p o f pa t i en t s wi th d i f fu se m u c o s a l d isease . S h o u l d resu l t s o f f i b e r s i g m o i d o s c o p y be nega t ive , to ta l c o l o n o s c o p y m a y revea l les ions in the r i g h t a n d t r a n s v e r s e co lon . T h e s e f i n d i n g s wi th posi t ive b i o p s y s tud ies w o u l d es- tabl ish the p r e s e n c e o f the d isease .

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A n n o u n c e m e n t

30th BRAZILIAN CONGRESS OF COLOPROCTOLOGY September 28-Oc tober 1, 1980

Rio Sheraton Hotel Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Special guests invited: John Goligher, Ruper t Turnbul l , Konrad Ar- nold, Gerald Marks, Herand Abcarian, David Jagelman, Patrick Mazier, and Fidel Ruiz Moreno. Anyone wishing to attend, or to present papers, should write to the Program Chairman: Paschoal Torres , Avenue Mere de Sfi, 197, CEP. 20.000, Rio de Janeiro RJ-ZC-86, Brazil. Te lephone: 232-2888.