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ArticleJournal of neurological surgery reports2025

Extremely Rare Presentation of Pilonidal Sinus Disease in the Posterior Cranial Fossa of a 2-Year-Old Patient: A Case Report.

Hamzeh Yacoub, Aya Aqel, Mohammed Adas, Qais Hjouj, Zaid Yacoub, Rita Yacoub, Hadi Dababseh

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Article in Journal of neurological surgery reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Hamzeh YacoubFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.ORCID 0000-0002-8081-9731
Aya AqelFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Mohammed AdasFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Qais HjoujFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Zaid YacoubFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Rita YacoubFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Hadi DababsehFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 2-year-old female patient presented after experiencing a generalized tonic-clonic seizure accompanied by fever, followed by a loss of consciousness. She underwent an urgent right frontal external ventricular drain placement. Intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid analysis was negative for infectious patterns. MRI showed a predominantly cystic lesion in the midline posterior fossa, with a compressive mass effect. Subsequently, she underwent a suboccipital craniotomy for microscopic resection of a posterior cranial fossa lesion. Histopathology reported keratin flakes with severe active inflammation, and foreign body type giant cell reaction in scalp excision with free hair shafts through the inflammatory focus, consistent with pilonidal sinus. The patient was then discharged home in good health.

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cranial cystic lesionpediatric neurosurgerypilonidal sinusposterior cranial fossa

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PMID40656795
PMCPMC12254008

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