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Gonorrheal Proctitis Mimicking Proctalgia Fugax

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Second Faculty of Medicine |
2004

Abstract

Proctalgia fugax is usually a source of many diagnostic and therapeutic problems. It is often very difficult to find the cause of the pain.

Case-report of a 27-year-old patientwhowas examined by surgeons on cramp-like pain localized to the rectum. The careful history and laboratory examination confirmed gonorrheal proctitis.

She was then successfully treated with ceftriaxon.