Abstract

Preview Severe, episodic pain in the rectum may prompt extensive- and expensive- diagnostic testing. If the cause is proctalgia fugax, such testing is unnecessary and wasteful. The author, a gastroenterologist, offers a guide to prompt recognition of the disorder based on patient history and suggests several therapeutic stategies that may help to relieve the pain.

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