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FIG. 2. Coronal section of the abdomen and adrenal mass. 1 = liver, 2 =adrenal tumour extending into the vena cava upward above the hepaticveins to the right atrium (3), 4 = blood flow in the vena cava.

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Trauma and critical care

The American College of Surgeons’ Com-mittee on Trauma will present a programentitled “Trauma and Critical Care ’99 —Point/Counterpoint XVIII.” The venuewill be Bally’s Park Place, Atlantic City, NJ,May 23 to 26, 1999. The course objectivesare to review the latest developments in thecare of the acutely injured patient; to re-examine current diagnostic and treatment ap-proaches and describe alternative methods;to describe the latest operative techniques in dealing with life- and limb-threatening injuries; to present challenging case man-agement scenarios and offer advice regard-ing difficult diagnostic, therapeutic andtechnical challenges; to critically examinethe emerging role of clinical practice guide-

lines and determine their place in the oveallmanagement of injured patients; to addresscurrently mandated documentation andcoding issues; and to simplify ventilatormanagement while adopting an aggressivetreatment approach to respiratory failure intrauma patients. The faculty comprises Drs.L.D. Brit, S. Brotman, D. Feliciano, P.Letarte, R. Orlando, III, L.H. Pachter,C.W. Schwab and D.D. Trunkey. Credit:23 hours in ACME Category 1. Registra-tion fee is US$525 on or before Apr. 20,1999 or $US595 thereafter. For further in-formation contact Ms. Carol Williams,Trauma Department, American College ofSurgeons at tel. 312 202-5342, cwilliams@facs.org or www.facs.org/about college/acsdept/trauma dept/cme/traumtgs .html

Breast, endocrine and cancer surgery

The Department of Surgery, University ofMinnesota Medical School will sponsor its63rd annual course on advances in breast,endocrine and cancer surgery to be held atWilley Hall, University of Minnesota, Min-neapolis, Minn. from June 16 to 18, 1999.Credit: AMA Category I. Fees are US$550($US350 for medical residents). For further information contact: Office of Continuing Medical Education, Universityof Minnesota, 107 Radisson HotelMetrodome, 615 Washington Ave. SE,Minneapolis MN 55414; tel 612 626-7600 or 800 776-8636, fax 612 626-7766, www.med.umn.edu/cme

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The 3 images shown here are aircontrast studies of the stomach

from 3 different patients. The diagno-sis is the same for all 3 patients. Canyou make this diagnosis?

For the answer, see page 116.

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Chicago prostate cancer shootout IIIplus

The Chicago Urological Society, theChicago Radiological Society and theChicago Medical Society are sponsoring aprogram entitled “Chicago Prostate Can-cer Shootout III Plus” to debate the ther-apeutic options for early localized prostatecancer. The “Plus” refers to a special ses-sion on the treatment of early-stage blad-der cancer. The program will be held onJune 25 and 26, 1999, at the Hotel Inter-Continental Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Forfurther information contact: ChicagoProstate Cancer Shootout, Suite 101, 475

Frontage Rd., Burr Ridge IL 60521; tel 630 323-2079, fax 630 323-6989, bhmgmt@aol.com

American Society for Surgery of the Hand

The American Society for Surgery(ASSH) of the Hand will be presentingthe following courses: internal fixation, tobe held in Vail, Colo., from July 22 to 25,1999; the 1999 comprehensive reviewcourse in hand surgery, to be held in Dal-las, in August 1999. For further informa-tion on these courses contact the ASSHcentral office at 847 384-8300.

Interventional ultrasonography

The 8th International Congress on Inter-ventional Ultrasound will be held fromAug. 31 to Sept. 3, 1999 at Herlev Hospi-tal, University of Copenhagen, Copen-hagen, Denmark. The deadline for ab-stracts is May 1, 1999. Registration is DKK3400 before July 1 and DKK 3700 there-after. Further information may be obtainedby contacting the Department of Ultra-sound — Herlev Hospital, University ofCopenhagen, DK-2730 Denmark; tel +4544 88 32 40, fax +45 44 94 80 09, ultra-sound@herlevhosp.dk22

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