Pilonidal disease of the umbilicus

ABSTRACT

Six patients [5 males and 1 female] with umbilical pilonidal disease, were treated by excision of the umbilicus with a limited safety margin. Inverting skin-to-aponeurosis sutures were used. A rare case of umbilical pilonidal disease with a urachal remnant is described. The condition is not that rare and requires a high index of suspicion for diagnosis