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2023-07-15 22:00:12
I have been facing some tenderness on the buttock cleft, no signs of pilonidal but i feel fluidy under the skin and when I palpate the sacrum cornu, below that I feel a very small cyst like or something. Can ultrasound reveal or ruleout pilonidal cyst/tract/disease? Please guide me.
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Kindly consult a general surgeon in person

Answered2023-07-16 05:08:41

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Ultrasound scan may not be of much use. Please go for MRI of the lumbosacral region.

Answered2023-07-16 03:08:06

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Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management

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Consultation with gen surgeon  is right option

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Please consult

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Surgeon opinion

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Need few more details Kindly consult

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Pilonidal sinus is usually clinically diagnosed. The symptoms that you say are mildly indicative of a pilonidal abscess which can eventually turn into pilonidal sinus.
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General surgery consultation would be apt.

Answered2023-07-15 22:28:47

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