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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
*Spasm-like, sometimes excruciating, pain in the anus, often misinterpreted as a need to defecate | *Spasm-like, sometimes excruciating, pain in the anus, often misinterpreted as a need to defecate | ||
*Episodic pain (women, | *Episodic pain (women, patients < 45yo) | ||
*Incontinence | *Incontinence | ||
*Urgency | *Urgency | ||
Revision as of 16:49, 21 June 2016
Background
- Cramp of pubococcygeus or levator ani muscles
Clinical Features
- Spasm-like, sometimes excruciating, pain in the anus, often misinterpreted as a need to defecate
- Episodic pain (women, patients < 45yo)
- Incontinence
- Urgency