Open AccessPilonidal Sinus Of The Scalp: A Case Report And Review Of The Literature Of Head And Neck Localization
Author(s) -
Olcay Ak Nalbant,
Erdem Nalbant
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
trakya üniversitesi tıp fakültesi dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1301-3149
DOI - 10.5174/tutfd.2010.03495.4
Subject(s) - scalp , head and neck , medicine , sinus (botany) , anatomy , head (geology) , radiology , surgery , biology , paleontology , botany , genus
A 31-year-old man presented with a twenty-year history of a slowly growing nodule on his scalp in the postauricular area. The lesion was excised and with the clinical and histological findings, it was diagnosed as a pilonidal sinus. The purpose of this review is to report the unusual occurrence of a pilonidal sinus on the scalp and review the literature regarding especially this location.
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