AIMS The aim of the study was to determine if there is a permanent disorder of mucosal blood flow in patients with solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS) or a disorder related to autonomic gut innervation and physiological function that is reversible concomitant with successful treatment. Rectal mucosal blood flow was used as a validated measure of extrinsic autonomic nerve function. METHODS S...

Inflammatory cloacogenic polyp is a rare type of inflammatory anorectal lesion in which mucosal prolapse plays a pathogenetic role. It has been suggested that the aetiology may be the same as that of solitary rectal ulcer syndrome, inflammatory cap and myoglandular polyps (1,2). Inflammatory cloacogenic polyp can be associated with conditions such as Crohn’s disease, malabsorption syndromes, di...

OBJECTIVES To describe a series of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) cases presenting as inguinal syndrome and/or genital ulceration seen among men who have sex with men (MSM) in London, UK. METHODS Collaborative retrospective case note review. Clinicians from three London genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics accessed by large populations of MSM within the current LGV outbreak collected clinical...