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Hair-containing lesions within the anal canal

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Hair-containing lesions located in the anal canal are an exceedingly rare clinical entity of which only five cases have been reported previously. We add five more cases, including two with a bundle of hairs rooted inside the anal canal and stemming out through a mucosal opening

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  1. Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, Spain

    H. Ortiz, J. Marti, M. DeMiguel, A. Carmona & I. P. Cabañas

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Ortiz, H., Marti, J., DeMiguel, M. et al. Hair-containing lesions within the anal canal. Int J Colorect Dis 2, 153–154 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01647998

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