Open AccessUmbilical Pilonidal Sinus
Author(s) -
Azzam Al-Kadi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1658-7774
pISSN - 1658-3639
DOI - 10.12816/0023983
Subject(s) - medicine , pilonidal disease , sinus (botany) , surgery , navel , biology , wound healing , botany , genus
Pilonidal sinuses are commonly encountered, but their occurrence in the umbilical area is rare. The author presents one such case of an umbilical pilonidal sinus in an obese male patient that presented with recurrent episodes of umbilical discharge. The condition was treated with sinus excision and umbilical reconstruction. There was no recurrence of the disease until one year of follow up.
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