BECAUSE of their frequency, the inflammatory strictures of the rectum may be considered as the true stenosing disease of that organ. Indeed, between 1910 and 1936, one of us has had occasion to observe 315 cases of non-neoplastic stricture, among which we found 288 inflammatory cases, 3 congenital, 23 cicatricial (of the latter, 18 were post-operative and 5 radiotherapic), finally one actinomycotic
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