Rare Type Cranial Postauricular Pilonidal Sinus: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature
A pilonidal sinus is a chronic inflammatory process, the etiology of which is still not fully elucidated. It frequently presents at the sacrococcygeal region (typical) and rarely at extrasacrococcygeal (atypical) locations, including the interdigital, axillary, inguinal, and umbilical regions, as we...
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| description | A pilonidal sinus is a chronic inflammatory process, the etiology of which is still not fully elucidated. It frequently presents at the sacrococcygeal region (typical) and rarely at extrasacrococcygeal (atypical) locations, including the interdigital, axillary, inguinal, and umbilical regions, as well as the neck, face, and scalp. A 46-year-old man presented with a thirty-year history of a slowly growing nodule on the postauricular area of the scalp. The lesion was excised and diagnosed as a pilonidal sinus based on the clinical and histological findings. The purpose of this review is to report the unusual occurrence of a pilonidal sinus on the scalp and to review the literature regarding this particular location of occurrence. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-72113e3f99f444bd9571c3f6e8d442822025-02-03T05:44:01ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192017-01-01201710.1155/2017/57919725791972Rare Type Cranial Postauricular Pilonidal Sinus: A Case Report and Brief Review of LiteratureSebahattin Destek0Vahit Onur Gul1Serkan Ahioglu2Department of General Surgery, Bezmialem Vakif University School of Medicine, Istanbul, TurkeyEdremit State Hospital General Surgery Department, Edremit, 10300 Balikesir, TurkeyEdremit State Hospital Biochemistry Department, Edremit, 10300 Balikesir, TurkeyA pilonidal sinus is a chronic inflammatory process, the etiology of which is still not fully elucidated. It frequently presents at the sacrococcygeal region (typical) and rarely at extrasacrococcygeal (atypical) locations, including the interdigital, axillary, inguinal, and umbilical regions, as well as the neck, face, and scalp. A 46-year-old man presented with a thirty-year history of a slowly growing nodule on the postauricular area of the scalp. The lesion was excised and diagnosed as a pilonidal sinus based on the clinical and histological findings. The purpose of this review is to report the unusual occurrence of a pilonidal sinus on the scalp and to review the literature regarding this particular location of occurrence.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5791972 |
| spellingShingle | Sebahattin Destek Vahit Onur Gul Serkan Ahioglu Rare Type Cranial Postauricular Pilonidal Sinus: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Rare Type Cranial Postauricular Pilonidal Sinus: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature |
| title_full | Rare Type Cranial Postauricular Pilonidal Sinus: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature |
| title_fullStr | Rare Type Cranial Postauricular Pilonidal Sinus: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rare Type Cranial Postauricular Pilonidal Sinus: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature |
| title_short | Rare Type Cranial Postauricular Pilonidal Sinus: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature |
| title_sort | rare type cranial postauricular pilonidal sinus a case report and brief review of literature |
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