A case of sacro-coccygeal chordoma masquerading as pilonidal sinus.
Chordoma is a rare, slow-growing, but locally aggressive malignant tumour derived from the primitive notochord. Pilonidal sinus disease, characterised by communicating granulating natal cleft tracts and abscesses, is a common condition. We report a case of a sacro-coccygeal chordoma diagnosed incidentally on surgical exploration of a case of presumed pilonidal disease.
Beattie
G C
GC
Department of Surgery, Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy, Kirkcaldy, U.K.
Millar
L
L
Nawroz
I M
IM
Browning
G G
GG
D000328:Adult; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region