title: Lateral Orbital Wall Destruction Due to Pilonidal Sinus.
abstract: Pilonidal sinus is a chronic inflammatory disease commonly observed in the sacrococcygeal region. The authors report a patient of a pilonidal sinus in a rare location-the lateral orbital region. The authors' patient was misdiagnosed with an epidermal cyst, and the subsequent incomplete excision of the sinus tract led a pilonidal sinus with a high morbidity resulting in the destruction of bone tissue in the lateral orbital wall. It was, therefore, crucial to accurately diagnose and treat before the infection progressed through the bone and caused osteomyelitis.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Konya Numune State Hospital†Department of Pathology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, N.E. University‡Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Faculty of Selcuk, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emine Çiğdem
authors.initials: EÇ
authors.lastname: Karadağ
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toy
authors.forename: Zekeriya
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tosun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed