3.0T MRI with a high resolution protocol for the study of benign disease of the anus and rectum. Part 2: Anorectal inflammatory disease. Postsurgical anatomy and complications after treatment

Abstract

Benign anorectal disease comprises a broad group of processes with very diverse origins; these processes may be congenital or acquired as well as inflammatory or tumor related. However, benign anorectal disease has received less attention in the scientific literature than malignant disease. In this second part of this image-based review of benign anorectal disease, we describe the most common inflammatory and fistulous diseases, the postsurgical anatomy, and complications that can occur after surgical treatment or radiotherapy for anorectal disease.

Resumen

La patología benigna anorrectal comprende una vasta cantidad de entidades de muy diversos orígenes, congénitas o adquiridas, inflamatorias o tumorales. Sin embargo, ha recibido menos atención en la bibliografía científica que el estudio de la patología tumoral maligna. En esta segunda entrega de la revisión basada en imágenes de la patología benigna anorrectal describimos la patología inflamatoria y fistulosa más frecuente, la anatomía posquirúrgica y las complicaciones secundarias al tratamiento quirúrgico o radioterápico de la patología anorrectal.