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Curriculum Objective
Objective
Clerkship Objectives
Perianal Pain
- Indicates most relevant
Related Objectives
Parent Objective
Primary Presentations
Child Objectives
Develop a differential diagnosis for a patient with perianal pain. (Be sure to include benign, malignant and inflammatory causes.)
Discuss the characteristic history findings for each of the above (perianal pain) including: character and duration of complaint, presence or absence of associated bleeding, relationship of complaint to defecation.
Describe physical exam findings for each diagnosis of perianal pain. Indicate in which part of exam (external, digital, anoscopic or proctoscopic) these findings are identified.
Discuss treatment plan for each diagnosis listed in objective one (for perianal pain), including non-operative interventions and role and timing of surgical interventions.