Malignant degeneration of chronic pilonidal cyst. Case report 

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Published: Sep 1, 2009
Keywords:
Carcinoma, Immunosuppression, Pilonidal disease

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Andrea Tirone
U.O.C. Chirurgia 2, AOU Senese, Siena, Italia
Ilaria Gaggelli
U.O.C. Chirurgia 2, AOU Senese, Siena, Italia
Niccolò Francioli
U.O.C. Chirurgia 2, AOU Senese, Siena, Italia
Duccio Venezia
U.O.C. Radiodiagnostica, AOU Senese, Siena, Italia
Giuseppe Vuolo
U.O.C. Chirurgia 2, AOU Senese, Siena, Italia

Abstract

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 followig such treatment was high and prognosis poor compared with non melanoma skin cancer.

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Tirone, Andrea, et al. “Malignant Degeneration of Chronic Pilonidal Cyst. Case Report ”. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, vol. 80, no. 5, Sept. 2009, pp. 407-10, https://annaliitalianidichirurgia.it/index.php/aic/article/view/2212.
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Vol. 80 No. 5 (2009)
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Case Report