Thrombosed hemorrhoids are:
a. flabby skin sacs.
b. red, inflamed, and painful.
c. fluctuant soft papules.
d. blue, shiny, painful masses.
D
Thrombosed hemorrhoids appear as blue shiny masses at the anus; they contain clotted blood and are edematous and painful.
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