Author(s)

Sanra Déborah Sanogo^1*, Moussa Y. Dicko², Ousmane Diarra³, Abou A. Diarra³, Drissa Katilé², Abdoulaye Maiga¹, Ouatou Mallé¹, Sabine Drabo¹, Makan S. Tounkara², Hourouma Sow², Kadiatou Doumbia², Anselme Konaté², Moussa T. Diarra²

¹Hepato-Gastroenterology Department, CHU Point G, Bamako, Mali.
²Service d’hépato-gastroentérologie, CHU Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali.
³Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, CSREF Commune V, Bamako, Mali.

Anal pathologies are conditions affecting the anal margin and the anal canal. The aim of our study was to update data on anal diseases. Non-specific, it can reveal an emergency, a serious illness, a chronic disease or a benign condition. It was a prospective, descriptive and analytical study from April 2022 to March 2023, carried out in the hepato-gastroenterology unit of the Centre de Santé de Référence de la commune V du District de Bamako in Mali. Out of seven hundred and forty-nine (749) patients seen in consultation, 98 had anal pathology, i.e. a prevalence of 13.08%. The mean age was 40 ± 15.15 years and the sex ratio was 1.5. Hemorrhoidal disease and anal fissure were the most frequent pathologies in 66.4% and 24.4% of cases respectively. Medical treatment was initiated in 91.9% of patients with hemorrhoidal disease and 91.7% with anal fissure. Anal pathologies are common in young male patients. In our context, they are dominated by benign conditions.

Anal Pathologies, Hemorrhoidal Disease, Anal Fissure

Sanogo, S. , Dicko, M. , Diarra, O. , Diarra, A. , Katilé, D. , Maiga, A. , Mallé, O. , Drabo, S. , Tounkara, M. , Sow, H. , Doumbia, K. , Konaté, A. and Diarra, M. (2024) Anal Pathologies: What Management at the Reference Health Center of Bamako’s Commune V?. Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 14, 87-92. doi: 10.4236/ojgas.2024.143009.