title: Sacrococcygeal foreign body progressing with pilonidal sinus clinical picture: report of a case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pilonidal sinus is a benign anorectal disease that is frequently seen in the sacrococcygeal area when a foreign body reaction develops after the invasion of hair follicles.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Trauma in this region and clinical abscesses that recur after trauma due to foreign bodies are not frequently observed.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study presents the case of a patient with chronic leakage who had a history of three surgical procedures due to recurrent pilonidal abscesses and the presence of a foreign body in the sacrococcygeal area.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presence of a foreign body in cases progressing with a single and wide inlet and frequently recurring abscess formation is a condition of which to be aware.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Ministry of Health, Nevşehir State Hospital, Nevşehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zehra Ünal
authors.initials: ZÜ
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Özdemir
authors.forename: İbrahim Tayfun
authors.initials: İT
authors.lastname: Şahiner
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Şenol
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: pilonidal abscess; pilonidal sinus; sacrococcygeal foreign body