anal fistula
MONDO:0000754Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names anal fistula yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An intestinal disorder characterized by an opening in the anal canal to the perianal skin. In the vast majority of cases there is a history of perianal abscess.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0000754), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
7 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Anoperineal fistulaHPOHP:0005218
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Anal painHPOHP:0500005
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- CellulitisHPOHP:0100658
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- PruritusHPOHP:0000989
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Increased total leukocyte countHPOHP:0001974
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- ChillsHPOHP:0025143
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: anal fistula
- Also called
- anal fistula (disease)anorectal fistula