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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr;63(4):420-424.
doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001642.

Evaluation and Management of Hemorrhoids

Matas Jakubauskas  1 , Tomas Poskus
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Case Reports

Evaluation and Management of Hemorrhoids

Matas Jakubauskas et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

A 46-year-old otherwise healthy female patient presents with bright red blood during defecation and a lump protruding on defecation that requires manual reduction. She is the mother of 2 children and has a long history of constipation.

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