[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.
U.O.C. Chirurgia 2, AOU Senese, Siena, Italia. carliaf@unisi.it
Andrea
A
Tirone
Ilaria
I
Gaggelli
Niccolò
N
Francioli
Duccio
D
Venezia
Giuseppe
G
Vuolo
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