[Malignant degeneration of chronic pilonidal cyst. Case report].
This report describes the case of a patient with a chronic pilonidal cyst developed squamous cell carcinoma. The case was treated with primary radical excision, followed adjuvant radiation and chemiotherapy. Recurrence following such treatment was high and prognosis poor compared with non melanoma skin cancer.
Tirone
Andrea
A
U.O.C. Chirurgia 2, AOU Senese, Siena, Italia. carliaf@unisi.it
Gaggelli
Ilaria
I
Francioli
Niccolò
N
Venezia
Duccio
D
Vuolo
Giuseppe
G
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010502:Perineum; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology