Imaging features of anorectal proctitis in monkeypox infection

The monkeypox outbreak of 2022 saw the first community-sustained transmission of the monkeypox virus outside of Africa, and rapidly developed into multi-country spread. A common presenting sign of monkeypox infection during this outbreak has been rectal pain due to proctitis. Proctitis with large hy...

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Autores principales: Messina, Mark D., Wolf, Ellen L., Kanmaniraja, Devaraju, Alpert, Peter L., Ricci, Zina J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2022
Materias:
Body Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9583688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36302321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2022.10.008
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author Messina, Mark D.
Wolf, Ellen L.
Kanmaniraja, Devaraju
Alpert, Peter L.
Ricci, Zina J.
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description The monkeypox outbreak of 2022 saw the first community-sustained transmission of the monkeypox virus outside of Africa, and rapidly developed into multi-country spread. A common presenting sign of monkeypox infection during this outbreak has been rectal pain due to proctitis. Proctitis with large hypoattenuated anorectal ulcers on CT scan should invoke consideration for monkeypox infection in young homosexual or bisexual men with associated skin eruptions.
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spelling pubmed-95836882022-10-21 Imaging features of anorectal proctitis in monkeypox infection Messina, Mark D. Wolf, Ellen L. Kanmaniraja, Devaraju Alpert, Peter L. Ricci, Zina J. Clin Imaging Body Imaging The monkeypox outbreak of 2022 saw the first community-sustained transmission of the monkeypox virus outside of Africa, and rapidly developed into multi-country spread. A common presenting sign of monkeypox infection during this outbreak has been rectal pain due to proctitis. Proctitis with large hypoattenuated anorectal ulcers on CT scan should invoke consideration for monkeypox infection in young homosexual or bisexual men with associated skin eruptions. Elsevier Inc. 2022-12 2022-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9583688/ /pubmed/36302321 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2022.10.008 Text en © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Elsevier has created a Monkeypox Information Center (https://www.elsevier.com/connect/monkeypox-information-center) in response to the declared public health emergency of international concern, with free information in English on the monkeypox virus. The Monkeypox Information Center is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its monkeypox related research that is available on the Monkeypox Information Center - including this research content - immediately available in publicly funded repositories, with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the Monkeypox Information Center remains active.
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Imaging features of anorectal proctitis in monkeypox infection
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title_full Imaging features of anorectal proctitis in monkeypox infection
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title_short Imaging features of anorectal proctitis in monkeypox infection
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