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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2025

Local excision of perianal skin for pruritus ani: a case report.

Liman Zhang, Jie Yang, Qiang Wang, Lili Wang, Tianpeng Zhang

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Liman ZhangAnorectal Department, Shijiazhuang Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, 233 Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang 050001, China.
Jie YangAnorectal Department, Shijiazhuang Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, 233 Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang 050001, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4553-7779
Qiang WangAnorectal Department, Shijiazhuang Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, 233 Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang 050001, China.
Lili WangAnorectal Department, Shijiazhuang Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, 233 Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang 050001, China.
Tianpeng ZhangAnorectal Department, Shijiazhuang Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, 233 Zhongshan Road, Shijiazhuang 050001, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pruritus ani is a neurofunctional dermatological condition frequently encountered in proctology, characterized by persistent perianal itching that can significantly compromise the patient's quality of life. This case report details a 48-year-old male patient with a 4-year history of perianal itching. Following local excision of the perianal skin, the wound healed satisfactorily on postoperative day 32 and achieved complete resolution of itching symptoms, with the patient attaining full recovery by day 40, thereby demonstrating remarkable clinical efficacy. Additionally, this report reviews relevant literature to investigate the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for pruritus ani.

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clinical therapydermatologic surgerylocal excision of perianal skinpruritus anisurgical treatment

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PMID40874043
PMCPMC12380466

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