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The abstract for the 1976 journal article published in ''[[Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science]]'' entitled ''The [[gay bowel syndrome]]: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases'' describes gay bowel syndrome in the following manner:

The abstract for the 1976 journal article published in ''[[Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science]]'' entitled ''The [[gay bowel syndrome]]: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases'' describes gay bowel syndrome in the following manner:

{{cquote|The clinical and pathological findings in a group of 260 homosexual men comprising 10% of a private proctologic practice are reviewed. A clinical pattern of anorectal and colon diseases encountered with unusual frequency in these homosexual patients is termed the gay bowel syndrome. The clinical diagnoses in decreasing order of frequency include [[Condyloma Acuminata|condyloma acuminata]], [[hemorrhoid]]s, nonspecific [[proctitis]], anal fistula, perirectal abscess, anal fissure, [[amebiasis]], benign [[polyp]]s, viral [[hepatitis]], [[gonorrhea]], [[syphilis]], anorectal trauma and foreign bodies, [[shigellosis]], rectal [[ulcer]]s and [[Lymphogranuloma Venereum|lymphogranuloma venereum]].<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus The gay bowel syndrome: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases.]</ref>}}

{{cquote|The clinical and pathological findings in a group of 260 homosexual men comprising 10% of a private proctologic practice are reviewed. A clinical pattern of anorectal and colon diseases encountered with unusual frequency in these homosexual patients is termed the gay bowel syndrome. The clinical diagnoses in decreasing order of frequency include [[Condyloma Acuminata|condyloma acuminata]], [[hemorrhoid]]s, nonspecific [[proctitis]], anal fistula, perirectal abscess, anal fissure, [[amebiasis]], benign [[polyp]]s, viral [[hepatitis]], [[gonorrhea]], [[syphilis]], anorectal trauma and foreign bodies, [[shigellosis]], rectal [[ulcer]]s and [[Lymphogranuloma Venereum|lymphogranuloma venereum]].<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus The gay bowel syndrome: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases.]</ref>}}

==References==

==References==

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