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Pilonidal sinus with an anal canal fistula

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

A rare case of a pilonidal cyst with the fistulous tract situated inside the anal canal is described. This is the sixth such case in the medical literature.

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  1. Universita' Degli Studi Di Genova, Cattedra di Patologia Chirurgica “R,” Cattedra di Fisiologia Chirurgica, Genoa, Italy

    Giuseppe Accarpio M.D., Maria Doris Davini M.D., Armando Fazio M.D., Osma H. Senussi M.D. & Alla Yakubovich M.D.

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Accarpio, G., Davini, M.D., Fazio, A. et al. Pilonidal sinus with an anal canal fistula. Dis Colon Rectum 31, 965–967 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554896

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