title: Perineal pilonidal sinus. Case report.
abstract: Pilonidal sinus is a very common disease and its most frequent location is in the presacral area. Other locations are extremely rare. We describe the case of a 28-year-old white man, a baker by profession, with a swelling around the right side of the anus, pain with burning, itching and seropurulent secretion which had been present for 7 months. A physical examination demonstrated the presence of multiple cutaneous fistulas. A fistulography and the endoscopy demonstrated the absence of fistulas-in-ano. Moreover, MRI confirmed the diagnosis of a perianal mass not communicating with the anal canal. Surgical exploration revealed the presence of hair and an excision of the mass with fistulas was performed. Healing was rapid and uncomplicated. Perineal pilonidal sinus with foreign body inflammatory reaction was the histological diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Vascolare ed Oncologia Clinica Dipartimento per le Applicazioni in Chirurgia delle Tecnologie Innovative Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Università degli Studi di Bari, Policlinico P.za Giulio Cesare 70124 Bari, Italy. mario.testini@tin.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Testini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miniello
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Di Venere
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lissidini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Esposito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010502:Perineum; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000601:surgery*