Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a rare complication observed mainly in chronic, recurrent and untreated primary pilonidal disease. It is associated with poor prognosis, and its recurrence rate after surgery is high. Here we present a patient diagnosed with SCC arising from a neglected pilonidal sinus. A 44-year-old male, who is a heavy truck driver, applied to the hospital with chronic dischar...

Pilonidal sinus is a long-standing chronic inflammatory condition consisting of a sinus tract from the skin-lined orifice extending into subcutaneous tissue, with hairs attached to the wall of the tract and projecting outside of the opening. Penile location is rare, and differential diagnosis with severe balanoposthitis, epidermal cysts, and neoplasms can be difficult. We report a rare case of ...

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 ...

THERE are three aspects to the problem of pilonidal sinus: the aetiology, the natural history, and the treatment. This paper is concerned with the last of these, and with the details of our experience with the management of 33 patients using a new method of treatment. Five of these patients were admitted to hospital; 3 for four days and 2 for one day. The rest were treated with purely out-patie...

BACKGROUND Pilonidal sinus disease is a common disease of young adults, which most frequently occurs in the sacrococcygeal region on the skin's midline. Various procedures, ranging from simple incision and curettage to complex flaps for natal cleft obliteration, have been described in the literature. MATERIAL/METHODS We aimed to present the dermographic characters, post-operative complication...

A pilonidal sinus is a blind-end tract lined with granulation tissue, which leads to a cystic cavity lined with epithelial tissue. As the name suggests, these hair containing abscesses are usually found in the sacro-coccygeal region. However, they may also occasionally occur in the axilla, groin, inter-digital web, umbilicus, nose, inter-mammary areas, supra-pubic area, clitoris, prepuce, penis...

Occupationally acquired inter-digital pilonidal sinuses are seldom seen and typically found on the hands of hair dressers. Sheep shearing has traditionally been believed to be a cause of inter-digital pilonidal sinuses; although in reality it is infrequently so with only two previously reported cases in 1951 and 1966. We present a rare case of a shearer who worked with a variety of sheep and pr...

We report a male patient with carcinoma arising on the basis of neglected sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease. Following initial operation, performed without suspicion of malignancy, histology demonstrated cellular atypia and an increased mitotic rate. A second, wider tissue excision was recommended but the patient declined further surgery. Two years later, he presented with fungating carcin...

observed in scalp discoid lupus erythematosus. Arch Dermatol. 2009;145:1406--9. 4. Uysal AC, Alagöz MS, Unlü RE, Sensöz O. Hairdresser’s syndrome: a case report of an interdigital pilonidal sinus and review of the literature. Dermatol Surg. 2003;29:288--90. 5. Morrell JF. ‘‘Pilonidal’’ sinus of the sole. Arch Dermatol. 1957;75:269. 6. Sakai R, Higashi K, Otha M, Sugimoto Y, Ikoma Y, Horiguchi Y...

observed in scalp discoid lupus erythematosus. Arch Dermatol. 2009;145:1406--9. 4. Uysal AC, Alagöz MS, Unlü RE, Sensöz O. Hairdresser’s syndrome: a case report of an interdigital pilonidal sinus and review of the literature. Dermatol Surg. 2003;29:288--90. 5. Morrell JF. ‘‘Pilonidal’’ sinus of the sole. Arch Dermatol. 1957;75:269. 6. Sakai R, Higashi K, Otha M, Sugimoto Y, Ikoma Y, Horiguchi Y...