Diseases of the Colon, Rectum and Anus

Tutorials in Postgraduate Medicine

Basil C. Morson

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780433223801
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483165547
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Tutorials in Postgraduate Medicine: Diseases of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus focuses on the diseases of the rectum, colon, and anus, including diagnosis, diseases in children, and cancer. The selection first offers information on the anatomy of the colon, rectum, and anal canal and physiology. Topics include movements of the colon, description of the movements, colonic mucosa, normal bowel habit, subepithelial tissue of the canal, internal anal sphincter, peritoneal relations, lining of the canal, and anal intramuscular glands. The book then examines clinical diagnosis and use of instruments, including pain, swelling, prolapse, discharge, irritation, abdominal pain, palpation, and biopsy. The manuscript elaborates on radiology and developmental anomalies and diseases in children. Discussions focus on factors hindering defecation in infancy and childhood, loss of blood from the anus, duplications of the distal gut, ano-rectal anomalies, acute toxic dilatation, geometrical features of benign polyps, and gontra-indications. The text then ponders on irritable colon syndrome, polyps and polyposis, cancer of the colon and rectum, colostomy, and ileostomy. The selection is a dependable reference for postgraduates and senior registrars wanting to conduct extensive research on the diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Diseases of the Colon, Rectum and Anus: Tutorials in Postgraduate Medicine
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• Chapter One. The Anatomy of the Colon, Rectum and Anal Canal
• Chapter Two. Physiology
• Chapter Three. Clinical Diagnosis and the Use of Instruments
• Chapter Four. Radiology
• Chapter Five. Developmental Anomalies and other Diseases in Children
• Chapter Six. The Irritable Colon Syndrome
• Chapter Seven. Polyps and Polyposis
• Chapter Eight. Cancer of the Colon
• Chapter Nine. Cancer of the Rectum
• Chapter Ten. Cancer of the Anal Canal and Anal Margin
• Chapter Eleven. Colostomy
• Chapter Twelve. lleostomy
• Chapter Thirteen. Pre-and Post-Operative Care
• Chapter Fourteen. Infections and Infestations
• Chapter Fifteen. Idiopathic Proctocolitis
• Chapter Sixteen. Crohn's Disease
• Chapter Seventeen. Diverticular Disease
• Chapter Eighteen. Ischaemic Disease of the Colon
• Chapter Nineteen. Megacolon and Megarectum in the Adult
• Chapter Twenty. Rectal Prolapse
• Chapter Twenty-one. Anal Continence
• Chapter Twenty-two. Haemorrhoids
• Chapter Twenty-three. Anal Fissure
• Chapter Twenty-four. Fistula-in-Ano
• Chapter Twenty-five. Pilonidal Sinus
• Chapter Twenty-six. Pruritus Ani
• Index