Intermammary pilonidal sinus: A case report of a 23-year-old girl

Banu Yiğit; Sıtkı Gürkan Yetkin; Bülent Çitgez; Kamile Gülçin Eken; Hamdi Özşahin

doi:10.28982/josam.635659

Authors

Banu Yiğit https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7606-9352
Sıtkı Gürkan Yetkin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-5169
Bülent Çitgez https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9759-8798
Kamile Gülçin Eken https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6071-2697
Hamdi Özşahin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8517-172X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.635659

Keywords:

Intermammary, Pilonidal sinus, Inflammation, Excision

Abstract

Pilonidal sinus is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, a cyst filled with a ball of hair, characterized by a discharging sinus and abscess. The disease is typically seen in the sacrococcygeal region. However, it can occur in other areas, such as the occiput, nose, neck, intermammary (sternal) area, axilla, finger (interdigital area), groin or external genital area. In this case report, an intermammary (sternal) pilonidal sinus, which is rarely seen, was presented along with the literature.

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