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Patients with perianal problems often are referred with a diagnosis of hemorrhoids. The sometimes life-threatening causes of perianal complaints require attention to history and a thorough physical examination. While hemorrhoidal disease often can be treated expectantly or by local therapies, improperly treated infectious and malignant causes of such complaints often result in devastating consequences.
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Lowry, S.F., Eisenstat, T.E. (2005). Perianal Complaints. In: Lowry, S.F., Ciocca, R.G., Rettie, C.S., Vodarsik, M. (eds) Learning Surgery. Springer, New York, NY . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28310-2_26
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