
Phantom Rectal Symptoms After Rectal Amputation
Specialty: | Gastroenterology |
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Description: | A patient whose rectum has been totally excised may experience rectal-type symptoms. This is primarily a neurologic phenomenon analogous to phantom limb pain in amputees. |
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