Abstract
Interdigital pilonidal sinus of the hand is an occupational disease of male barbers. Customers' hairs penetrate the supple interdigital skin, cause a sinus, and later a cyst. Through the sinus, the hairs get entrapped and may occasionally be expressed. Excision of the sinus or the cyst is curative.
MeSH terms
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Barbering*
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Foreign Bodies* / pathology
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Foreign Bodies* / surgery
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Granuloma / etiology*
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Granuloma / pathology
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Granuloma / surgery
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Hair
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Hand* / pathology
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Occupational Diseases / etiology*
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Occupational Diseases / pathology
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Occupational Diseases / surgery
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Pilonidal Sinus / etiology*
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Pilonidal Sinus / pathology
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Pilonidal Sinus / surgery
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Sex Factors