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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 138-139 |
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Recurrent pilonidal sinus with mycobacterial infection: Implications
Sasank Kalipatnapu, Gigi Varghese
Department of General Surgery Unit-II, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Gigi Varghese
Department of General Surgery Unit II, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/cmi.cmi_46_19
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Pilonidal sinus disease is a chronic inflammatory disease classically found in the sacrococcygeal region. We describe a rare case of pilonidal disease associated with mycobacterial infection which resolved only after appropriate surgery and adequate antimycobacterial therapy.
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