[Anal fissures and fissurations].
The anal fissure syndrome is characterized by a triad: anal pain accompanying defaecation; one or several anal ulcers; anal internal sphincter hypertonia. Fissure in ano is the most frequent cause; diagnosis is clinical; pathogenic understanding and treatment are in rapid progress. Secondary anal fissurations are characterized by a less typical syndrome, by the necessity of special investigations for diagnosis and by an etiology-oriented treatment. Their causes are multiple. The most frequent are infectious, essentially sexually transmitted diseases, and the tumour, mainly anal epidermoid cancer.
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Service de coloproctologie Hôpital Léopold Bellan 75014 Paris.
D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications; D003672:Defecation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005401:Fissure in Ano / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome