Cargando…

Pilonidal Sinus of the Glans Penis Associated with Actinomyces Case Reports and Review of Literature

Pilonidal sinus is a well-recognized condition that occurs most commonly in the sacrococcygeal area of younger men. It is hypothesized to be an acquired chronic inflammation condition due mainly to hair trapped beneath the surface. A pilonidal sinus in the sacrococcygeal region is associated with re...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chikkamuniyappa, Shylashree, Furman, Jaime, Scott, Rolf Sjuve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2004
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15523564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2004.188
_version_ 1783323910342705152
author Chikkamuniyappa, Shylashree
Furman, Jaime
Scott, Rolf Sjuve
author_facet Chikkamuniyappa, Shylashree
Furman, Jaime
Scott, Rolf Sjuve
author_sort Chikkamuniyappa, Shylashree
collection PubMed
description Pilonidal sinus is a well-recognized condition that occurs most commonly in the sacrococcygeal area of younger men. It is hypothesized to be an acquired chronic inflammation condition due mainly to hair trapped beneath the surface. A pilonidal sinus in the sacrococcygeal region is associated with recurrent infection, abscess formation, cellulitis, fistulae, and rarely, squamous cell carcinoma. A pilonidal sinus of the penis is a rare entity. The association of a penile pilonidal cyst and Actinomyces is even more uncommon with only three cases reported previously. Two cases of pilonidal sinus are reported in this paper. One of the cases was associated with actinomycosis. Pilonidal sinus of the penis should be considered in the clinical and pathological differential diagnosis and has to be distinguished from balanoposthitis, epidermal cyst, and carcinoma. The knowledge about possible association with actinomycosis is important to ensure early treatment.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5956513
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2004
publisher TheScientificWorldJOURNAL
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-59565132018-06-03 Pilonidal Sinus of the Glans Penis Associated with Actinomyces Case Reports and Review of Literature Chikkamuniyappa, Shylashree Furman, Jaime Scott, Rolf Sjuve ScientificWorldJournal Case Study Pilonidal sinus is a well-recognized condition that occurs most commonly in the sacrococcygeal area of younger men. It is hypothesized to be an acquired chronic inflammation condition due mainly to hair trapped beneath the surface. A pilonidal sinus in the sacrococcygeal region is associated with recurrent infection, abscess formation, cellulitis, fistulae, and rarely, squamous cell carcinoma. A pilonidal sinus of the penis is a rare entity. The association of a penile pilonidal cyst and Actinomyces is even more uncommon with only three cases reported previously. Two cases of pilonidal sinus are reported in this paper. One of the cases was associated with actinomycosis. Pilonidal sinus of the penis should be considered in the clinical and pathological differential diagnosis and has to be distinguished from balanoposthitis, epidermal cyst, and carcinoma. The knowledge about possible association with actinomycosis is important to ensure early treatment. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2004-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5956513/ /pubmed/15523564 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2004.188 Text en Copyright © 2004 Shylashree Chikkamuniyappa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Study
Chikkamuniyappa, Shylashree
Furman, Jaime
Scott, Rolf Sjuve
Pilonidal Sinus of the Glans Penis Associated with Actinomyces Case Reports and Review of Literature
title Pilonidal Sinus of the Glans Penis Associated with Actinomyces Case Reports and Review of Literature
title_full Pilonidal Sinus of the Glans Penis Associated with Actinomyces Case Reports and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Pilonidal Sinus of the Glans Penis Associated with Actinomyces Case Reports and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Pilonidal Sinus of the Glans Penis Associated with Actinomyces Case Reports and Review of Literature
title_short Pilonidal Sinus of the Glans Penis Associated with Actinomyces Case Reports and Review of Literature
title_sort pilonidal sinus of the glans penis associated with actinomyces case reports and review of literature
topic Case Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15523564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2004.188
work_keys_str_mv AT chikkamuniyappashylashree pilonidalsinusoftheglanspenisassociatedwithactinomycescasereportsandreviewofliterature
AT furmanjaime pilonidalsinusoftheglanspenisassociatedwithactinomycescasereportsandreviewofliterature
AT scottrolfsjuve pilonidalsinusoftheglanspenisassociatedwithactinomycescasereportsandreviewofliterature