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Essential Anorectal Pain or Idiopathic Perianal Pain

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Essential anorectal pain is characterized by the absence of any anomaly detectable by endoscopy and radiological examinations [12, 14, 17]. Systematization of the pains and their correlation with the patient’s medical history and clinical examination are difficult. The term “essential anorectal pain” includes five main diseases which sometimes overlap [3, 12, 17] (Table 21.1): (1) proctalgia fugax, (2) coccygodynia, (3) anorectal neuralgia, (4) psychalgia, and (5) pudendal nerve compression.

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  1. Départment de Chirurgie, Policlinique de Chirurgie, Hôpital Cantonal, Rue Micheli-du-Crest 24, CH-1211, Genève 4, Switzerland

    Marc-Claude Marti

  2. Service de Chirurgie A, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Jean-Claude Givel

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Marti, MC. (1998). Essential Anorectal Pain or Idiopathic Perianal Pain. In: Marti, MC., Givel, JC. (eds) Surgical Management of Anorectal and Colonic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10169-8_21

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