Anorectal Flashcards
Resection in low vs. high rectal tumors
Low anterior resection in high tumor. Abdominoperineal resection in low tumor
Diagnosis of rectal cancer
palpable on DRE (maybe), biopsy on colonoscopy or anoscopy, endorectal US or CT/MRI for staging
Anal canal cancer associated with…
HPV. also cervical, vaginal cancer hx, immunosuppression, long-term steroids, cigarette smoking
Tumor is internal, aggressive biologic behavior, non-keratinizing, and associated with HPV infection-
tumor of anal canal
External tumor, well differentiated, keratinizing
tumor of anal margin
Workup of anal and perianal cancer
DRE, anoscopy, palpation of inguinal nodes
Tumors of the anal canal (internal cancers)
Epidermoid, melanoma, small cell
Tumors of the anal margin (external cancers)
basal cell, bowen disease, paget disease, squamous cell
Bowen’s disease aka
intraepithelial squamous cell carcinoma
Paget disease aka
Intraepithelial adenocarcinoma
Which of the anal margin tumors can crossover and involve both anal margin and anal canal?
Bowen’s disease
Bowen’s disease associated with…
condyloma
split or rip in the anoderm at midline…
anal fissure
Patient presents with severe burning and ripping pain that is worst right after BM. It usually lasts 1-3 hours. Bleeding occurs that makes water in toilet red. Sentinel pile seen on PE. Also see hypertrophied papilla and fissure. Dx?
anal fissure
triad in anal fissure
fissure, sentinel pile, and hypertrophied papilla
Anal fissure tx
sitz baths, lidocaine, vidodin, fiber, milk of magnesia, hydrocortisone cream, nitroglycerine, nifedipine ointment, botulinum toxin injection
origin of anorectal abscess
cryptoglandular