Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients
From: Mucocele: a rare complication following stapled haemorrhoidopexy
Variable | No. of patients (n = 7) |
|---|---|
Sex: male/female | 5/2 |
Age (years) | 32 (20–75) |
Time after PPH surgery (months) | 6 (2–84) |
Symptoms | |
Evacuatory difficulty | 2 |
Anal pain | 5 |
Fever | 0 |
Rectal bleeding | 0 |
Primary surgical procedure | |
PPH | 7 |
The second surgical procedure | |
En bloc cyst excision | 2 |
Incision | 5 |
Pararectal mass location | |
Anterior | 1 |
Anterolateral | 3 |
Posterolateral | 2 |
Lateral | 2 |
Posterior | 1 |
Pathological features | |
Inflammatory granulation tissue | 4 |
Fibrocystic tissue | 2 |
Necrotic material | 1 |