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Rectal pain of extrarectal origin

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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We believe that the levator spasm syndrome, coccygodynia, and chronic prostatitis are disorders which frequently may cause rectal pain.

In these conditions, the diagnosis may be overlooked easily, due to the vague and unusual terms in which patients describe their complaints, or because of coexistent, unrelated, anorectal disorders.

In the presence of vague rectal pain, digital examination should include all pelvic structures within reach of the finger.

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  1. Huntington, New York

    Harold Paradis M.D.

  2. Patchogue, New York

    Harry Marganoff M.D.

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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, Denver, Colorado, June 10 to 13, 1968.

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Paradis, H., Marganoff, H. Rectal pain of extrarectal origin. Dis Colon Rectum 12, 306–312 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617288

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