DOI: 10.4328/AEMED.103 Received: 14.11.2016 Accepted: 02.12.2016 Published Online: 01.01.2017 J Ann Eu Med 2017;5(1): 30-2 Corresponding Author: İhsan Yıldız, Department of Genaral Surgery, Suleyman Demirel University, Scholl of Medicine, 32100, Isparta, Turkey. GSM: +905052119248 F.: +9

pilonidal disease consists of a hair-containing sinus or abscess occurring most frequently in intergluteal cleft. this disease is generally benign. although very uncommon entity, it seems reasonable to be aware of possible malignancy in longstanding cases. we report a case of squamous cell carcinoma in a 52- year-old man, with a prolonged history of pilonidal disease and ulceration since 3 mont...

Malignant degeneration of pilonidal cysts is rare. The most common histologic type is the squamous cell carcinoma, triggered by the chronic inflammatory process. The growth of the lesion is typically slow. The diagnosis must be early and the appropriate treatment is ample surgical resection, including the presacral fascia. In some cases, as the present one, the diagnosis is made at a stage when...

HYPOTHESIS We state that our personal method constitued by excision and primary closure in the treatment of pilonidal sinus, is able to obtain a low rate of recurrence and a fast return to work. PATIENTS AND METHODS Our report has been conducted on 315 patients. Excision and primary closure in the treatment of pilonidal sinus by local-regional anesthesia. The patients have been discharged on ...

Pilonidal sinus is usually present in the sacrococcygeal region. The common presentations are cellulitis, abscess or sinus. Rarely malignant change may be seen in chronic pilonidal sinus. We report a case of chronic pilonidal sinus complicated with squamous cell carcinoma.

A pilonidal sinus developed in the superio-medial aspect of the thigh of an above-knee amputee. This is an unusual site for the condition to develop. We suggest that the same aetiological factors that were responsible for the "Jeep Bottom" of World War II were also responsible for this problem in the amputation stump of a Falklands campaign casualty.

Healing of pilonidal sinus wounds (PSWs) by secondary intention requires an average of 2 to 6 months, but delayed healing may require 1 to 2 years or even longer. Characteristically, these midline wounds are in the natal cleft of the buttocks or sacrococcygeal area of the back. These PSWs have costly financial consequences to the healthcare system and negatively affect the quality of life of th...