PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - M T Haqqani AU - B D Hancock TI - Internal sphincter and haemorrhoids: a pathological study. AID - 10.1136/jcp.31.3.268 DP - 1978 Mar 01 TA - Journal of Clinical Pathology PG - 268--270 VI - 31 IP - 3 4099 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/31/3/268.short 4100 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/31/3/268.full SO - J Clin Pathol1978 Mar 01; 31 AB - Histological examination of the lower margin of the internal sphincter has demonstrated an increased amount of fibrous tissue in patients with haemorrhoids compared with controls. This finding may be of relevance to the treatment of haemorrhoids by maximal anal dilatation.