Volume : 7, Issue : 3, March - 2018

A Rare Case of Fistula in Ano Presenting with a mid thigh abscess

Ankur Patel, Vishakha Kalikar, Roy Patankar, Parvez Sheikh

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&#10;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:&#10;minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:&#10;AR-SA">Fistula</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:&#10;minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:&#10;AR-SA"> in ano can present in more ways than one. Management of these pa</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">tients are always complex requiring expertise in managing such complex fistulas. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:&#10;minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:&#10;AR-SA">We report an atypical presentation of fistula in ano as a mid thigh swelling who had been operated for I&amp;D in the thigh thrice</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:&#10;minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:&#10;AR-SA">in the past</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> thinking it to be simple thigh abscess </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:&#10;minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:&#10;AR-SA">.MRI perineum with thigh, clarified the diagnosis and directed the management of this patient.</span></p>