Subungual pilonidal sinus of the hand in a dog groomer

• Published in: British journal of plastic surgery Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 176 - 178
• Main Authors: Mohanna, Pari-Naz, Flemming, A. F. Stewart, Al-Sam, Salam Z.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Animal Husbandry; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Dermatology; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Dogs; Female; Humans; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Occupational Diseases - etiology; Occupational Diseases - pathology; Occupational Diseases - surgery; osteomyelitis; pilonidal sinus; Pilonidal Sinus - etiology; Pilonidal Sinus - pathology; Pilonidal Sinus - surgery; Thumb; Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions; osteomyelitis; thumb; pilonidal sinus; Human; Skin disease; Radiodiagnosis; Occupational disease; Thumb; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Pilonidal cyst; Male; Bone disease; Case study; Radiography; Pathology; Concomitant disease; Histopathology; Treatment; Exeresis; Disease of the hand; Surgery; Osteitis; Young adult; Upper limb; Benign neoplasm; Diagnosis
• ISSN: 0007-1226; 1465-3087
• DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2000.3457

Interdigital pilonidal sinus of the hand is an occupational hazard in barbers, sheep shearers and cow milkers. We present a case of a subungual pilonidal sinus of the thumb of a dog groomer, complicated by the development of osteomyelitis in the distal phalanx.