Hakan Ercil
1*, Ergun Alma
1, Mehmet Eflatun Deniz
1, Umut Unal
1, Alper Sozutek
21 Department of Urology, Ministry of Health, Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
2 Department of General Surgery, Ministry of Health, Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
*Corresponding Author: Corresponding Author: Hakan Ercil, MD; Department of Urology, Ministry of Health, Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey. Tel: +905054308550, Email:
hakanercil@yahoo.com
Abstract
Pilonidal sinus, including one or more sinus canals and hairs, is a disease with a chronic course showing acute attacks which is often encountered in the general population, usually affecting young adults, at a rate in males twice that of females. Pilonidal sinus on the penis is so rare that very few cases have been reported in literature. A 20-year-old male presented to the urology outpatient clinic with the complaint of a suppurative lesion with discharge on the skin of the penis which had been ongoing for approximately three months. Clinical examination revealed an indurated, erythematous, ulcerative lesion, 3 cm x 2 cm in size, in the middle of the ventral aspect of the penile shaft. We present the first case in literature of recurrent pilonidal sinus related to Actinomyces israelii, located on the penis.