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COMPARATIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL HISTOLOGY

CLAUDE C. TUCKER, M.D.; C. ALEXANDER HELLWIG, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1935;31(4):521-530.

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The large rôle in anal disease which is played by the crypts of Morgagni is generally recognized. According to Rankin, Bargen and Buie,¹ infection of these structures is the underlying factor not only of cryptitis, anal fissure, periproctitic abscess and anal fistula but also of hemorrhoids. Our own microscopic studies² of more than four hundred proctologic specimens demonstrated that the crypts of Morgagni were not by themselves responsible for the frequency of anal infection but that infection originated as a rule in preformed tubules which we called anal ducts. They were found to open into the crypts, affording a ready path for infective organisms from the intestinal lumen into the wall of the anal canal.

While the pathogenic significance of the anal ducts was thus established, the question presented itself whether these structures have a definite function or whether they represent a vestigial organ. We hoped to obtain . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
WICHITA, KAN.

From the Department of Surgery and Pathology, St. Francis Hospital.

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