Coccygeal Pits

Coccygeal pits.

BACKGROUND Congenital dermal sinuses represent cutaneous depressions or tracts that are lined by stratified squamous epithelium. They communicate between the surface of the skin and deeper structures and may occur anywhere along the craniospinal axis. These sinuses are thought to result from abnormal separation of the cutaneous and neural ectoderm between the third and fifth week of intrauterin...

Isolated coccygeal tuberculosis.

A 47-year old female presented with a purulent discharge per anum for 14 months. During examination under anaesthesia a ‘sinus’ was found extending from six o’clock position at dentate line into the post-anal space. The primary opening was at the upper end of a fissure-in-ano (Figure 1). She underwent exploration of the post-anal space where a partially destroyed coccyx was found in an ‘abscess...

Isolated Coccygeal Tuberculosis

Isolated tuberculosis of the coccyx is extremely rare. A 35-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of coccygeal and gluteal pain. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed osseous destruction and a large enhancing mass involving the coccyx with anterior and posterior extension. Pathologic examination of the surgical specimen revealed necrosis, chronic granulomatous infl...

A Sacro-Coccygeal Cyst

Bored-Hole Absorption Pits

BORED-HOLE ABSORPTION PITS By Rai Sahib KASHI PRASAD, m.b., b.s., d.p.h. Medical Officer, In-charge Health Unit, Parlabgarh Definition.?A bored-hole absorption pit is a hole 20 feet in depth and 16 inches in diameter, bored with a machine known as a boring outfit. A limited amount of sullage water is absorbed and disposed of by it every day. History.?Bored holes, which were originally introduce...