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Case Reports
. 2024 Jul 5;41(4):310-311.
doi: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2024.2024-1-94. Epub 2024 May 21.

Human Monkeypox Proctitis

Yu Miyazaki  1 , Takuya Adachi  1 , Noriyuki Kuniyoshi  2 , Yasuhiro Noda  2 , Mami Nagashima  3
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Human Monkeypox Proctitis

Yu Miyazaki et al. Balkan Med J. .
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Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

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Figure 1
Evaluation of perianal lesions and the rectum. (a) Erosion in a perianal lesion on day 5. (b) Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis showed circumferential wall thickening of the rectum and sigmoid, as well as reactive lymphadenopathy on day 6. (c) Colonoscopy revealed severe proctitis with circumferential erosion on day 7. (d) Colonoscopy revealed reduction in inflammation during the outpatient follow-up on day 34.
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