• Shinsuke Koyama, Masaki Hirota, Masaki Kobayashi, Yusuke Tanaka, Satoshi Kubota, Ryo Nakamura, Masanori Isobe, and Yasuhiko Shiki.
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
• J. Obstet. Gynaecol. Res. 2014 Feb 1; 40 (2): 595-8.

AbstractAnorectal symptoms and complaints caused by hemorrhoids or anal fissures are common during pregnancy. It is known that one-third of pregnant women complain of anal pain in the third trimester. Anal pain may be caused by a wide spectrum of conditions, but if it begins gradually and becomes excruciating within a few days it may indicate anorectal abscess. We experienced a case of anorectal abscess during pregnancy which was diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging and treated by incision and seton drainage at 36 weeks of gestation, followed by a normal spontaneous delivery at 38 weeks of gestation. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of anorectal abscess during pregnancy in the English-language published work. The clinical course of our case and clinical considerations of anorectal abscesses are discussed.© 2013 The Authors. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research © 2013 Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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