title: Interdigital pilonidal sinus in the hand.
abstract: We report three cases of interdigital pilonidal sinus including a case of a woman with this condition. Previous reports that surgical excision is curative in all cases are not supported by our experience.
authors.affiliation: Hand Surgery Unit, St John's Hospital, Livingston, UK. ciadams@rcsed.ac.uk
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hooper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001461:Barbering; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015743:Giant Cells, Foreign-Body / Q000473:pathology; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology