Proctalgia fugax
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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