BACKGROUND Anorectal Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia) is frequently diagnosed in men who have sex with men (MSM) and in women, but it is unknown whether these infections are comparable in clinical impact and transmission potential. Quantifying bacterial load and identifying determinants associated with high bacterial load could provide more insight. METHODS We selected a convenience sample o...

Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a rare genetic condition characterized by a distinctive facies, intellectual disability, growth delay, and a variety of skeletal, visceral, and other anomalies, including anorectal malformations (ARMs). We present two cases of female patients with KS, diagnosed and successfully managed at our institution, one with a perineal fistula and one with a rectovestibular fistula...

the purpose of this study is to investigate the age -related improvement of defecation function in high type anorectal malformation in relation to the assessment of the internal anal sphincter. the function of defecation was studied every 5 years up to 15 years postoperatively according to the japanese scoring system in our hospital in 50 patients operated for high type (recto-urethral fistula)...

OBJECTIVES Although rectal cancer is by far and large the most common pathology involving the rectum that needs imaging, there are many other important but less common pathological conditions affecting anorectal region. The objective of this pictorial review is to discuss the cross-sectional imaging features of less common anorectal and perirectal diseases. RESULTS Although a specific histolo...

the diagnosis of functional constipation (fc) is usually straightforward. almost 95% of childhood constipation is functional in nature. the remaining 5% can be attributed to wide variety of conditions. many of these etiologies are obvious by history and examination and many have other specific symptoms besides constipation. it is especially important to look for presence of any symptoms or sign...

Rectovestibular fistula is a rare variant of anorectal malformations. Such malformations are commonly operated in newborn period or puberty. So it is so uncommon to coincide with uncorrected rectovestibular fistula in women of reproductive ages. Herein, we report a case of multigravida pregnant woman with uncorrected rectovestibular fistula. The patient’s first pregnancy ended up by cesarean se...

Objective: to evaluate the impact of partial stapled hemorrhoidopexy on anorectal physiology, the complications related to this surgical technique, pain, postoperative bleeding and recurrence of hemorrhoidal disease one year after surgery. Methods: this is a prospective, descriptive study in consecutive patients with mixed or internal hemorrhoidal disease, the internal component being classif...

PURPOSE The term benign transient non-organic ileus of neonates (BTNIN) is applied to neonates who present symptoms and plain radiographic findings of Hirschsprung's disease, but do not have aganglionic bowel and are managed well by conservative treatment. It can often be difficult to diagnose BTNIN because its initial symptoms are similar to those of Hirschsprung's disease. The aim of this stu...

BACKGROUND Self-collection of anorectal swab specimens could greatly facilitate the completion of prerequisite studies and future implementation of anal cancer screening among men who have sex with men (MSM). We therefore compared self- versus clinician- collection procedures with respect to specimen adequacy for cytological evaluation, concordance of paired cytological results, and concordance...