the hydroalcoholic extracts of dried ligulate florets of calendula officinalis l., dried leaves of plantago major l., and dried aerial parts of vinca major l. were prepared and used as the main active ingredients of two types of anti-anorectal disease ointments and suppositories. benzocaine was used in one of the formulations, while a mixture of belladonna dry extract and ephedrine sulfate was ...

Universit e.2012.12 Abstract An understanding of HIV/AIDS is important to the practice of colon and rectal surgery as these patients frequently present with proctological diseases. Operations for anorectal pathology represent one of the most common indications for surgery in HIV-positive patients. It appears that anorectal pathology in HIV/AIDS infected patients has not been impacted by highly ...

To investigate the prevalence and genotype distribution of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among men who have sex with men (MSM), 145 MSM from two sauna settings in Shenzhen, China were invited to participate in this study during September 2008 and May 2009. Anorectal swab and urine samples were collected and tested for chlamydial infection, and positive samples were genotyped. The prevalence o...

Anorectal melanoma is an uncommon and aggressive disease. Because the patients often present with non specific complaints, a high clinical suspicion is important to avoid a delayed diagnosis. Patients undergoing radical surgery have no significant survival difference compared to those undergoing wide local excision. Abdominoperineal resection should be reserved for selected patients in whom loc...

BACKGROUND Anorectal melanoma is a rare and aggressive disease. The mainstay of treatment is usually surgical with curative or palliative intent, since radio- and chemotherapy do not really improve the outcome. The poor prognosis is attributable to delay in diagnosis and its inherent biologic aggressiveness. CASE REPORT We present a case of anorectal melanoma in a 68-year-old man who underwen...

BACKGROUND Both anorectal Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoea (NG) can occur as a rectal-only infection or concurrently with simultaneous urogenital infection with the same pathogen. Characterising the target groups in which rectal-only infections occur may improve the efficacy of screening practices. METHODS We analysed data from two Dutch outpatient sexually transmitted infe...

A 71-year-old female with hypertension presented painless rectal bleeding and found to have a soft mass on exam. The colonoscopy revealed large pedunculated polyp patchy discoloration arising from the dentate line (Fig. 1). Biopsies of were obtained.

Anorectal melanomas (ARM) are rare malignancies accounting for 0.4-0.6% of all melanoma cases and 1% of anorectal malignant tumors [1,2]. Surgery remains the gold standard treatment since melanoma are resistant to chemotherapy as well as radiotherapy. Conventionally two forms of surgical treatment are applicable for ARM–Abdominoperineal resection (APER) and wide local excision (WLE) [3]. Though...