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ArticleCase reports in surgery2017

Rare Type Cranial Postauricular Pilonidal Sinus: A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature.

Sebahattin Destek, Vahit Onur Gul, Serkan Ahioglu

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Article in Case reports in surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Rare case of pilonidal sinus of scalp: a case report.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sebahattin DestekDepartment of General Surgery, Bezmialem Vakif University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Vahit Onur GulEdremit State Hospital General Surgery Department, Edremit, 10300 Balikesir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-9071-0732
Serkan AhiogluEdremit State Hospital Biochemistry Department, Edremit, 10300 Balikesir, Turkey.
Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A pilonidal sinus is a chronic inflammatory process, the etiology of which is still not fully elucidated. It frequently presents at the sacrococcygeal region (typical) and rarely at extrasacrococcygeal (atypical) locations, including the interdigital, axillary, inguinal, and umbilical regions, as well as the neck, face, and scalp. A 46-year-old man presented with a thirty-year history of a slowly growing nodule on the postauricular area of the scalp. The lesion was excised and diagnosed as a pilonidal sinus based on the clinical and histological findings. The purpose of this review is to report the unusual occurrence of a pilonidal sinus on the scalp and to review the literature regarding this particular location of occurrence.

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PMID28127490
PMCPMC5239827
OpenAlexW2562551277

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