ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2017
Sonographic appearance of anal cushions of hemorrhoids.
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- Critical appraisal of transperineal Doppler ultrasound as a diagnostic tool for hemorrhoidal recurrence.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Article
- Rectal Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Hemorrhoidal Disease.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2025Review
- Consensus statement of the Italian society of colorectal surgery (SICCR): management and treatment of hemorrhoidal disease.Techniques in coloproctology · 2020Review
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate the diagnostic value of different sonographic methods in hemorrhoids.
methodsForty-two healthy volunteers and sixty-two patients with grades I-IV hemorrhoids received two different sonographic examinations from January 2013 to January 2016 at the First and Second Hospitals of Xinjiang Medical University in a prospective way. We analyzed the ultrasonographic findings of these participants and evaluated the outcomes. Resected grades III and IV hemorrhoid tissues were pathologically examined. The concordance of ultrasonographic results with pathology results was assessed with the Cohen's kappa coefficient.
resultsAll healthy volunteers and all patients had no particular complications related to sonography. There were no statistically significant differences between the participants regarding age (
conclusionPatients with grades III and IV hemorrhoids present with a pathologically abnormal cushion which usually appears as a "mosaic pattern" in sonography, which is in accord with an arteriovenous fistula in pathology. There are clearly different hemorrhoid structures shown by sonography. "Mosaic pattern" may be a parameter for surgical indication of grades III and IV hemorrhoids.
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