Cryptitis
Cryptitis (synonyms: rectal cryptitis, anal cryptitis) is inflammation in the area of the rectum . The boundary between the outer skin and transitional epithelium of the anal canal and the mucous membrane of the rectum resembles a jagged line ( Linea dentata ). The prongs are called anal papillae , the "valleys" between the prongs are crypts . The excretory ducts of anal glands open into the crypts, which often correspond to probable pockets . If the duct of such a gland is blocked, the above-mentioned inflammation occurs.
Cryptitis is mainly caused by defecation problems in which feces are pressed into the pockets of the crypts. Cryptitis can develop into an infection of the anal gland (incomplete anal fistula or proctodeal gland infection ). The transition to this is fluid.
literature
- Cryptitis. In: Peter Reuter: Springer Lexicon Medicine. Springer, Berlin a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-540-20412-1 , p. 1193.
Individual evidence
- ^ R. Winkler, P. Otto, T. Schiedeck: Proktologie. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-13-165792-3 , pp. 101-102. limited preview in Google Book search