Chronic occupational paronychia secondary to digital pilonidal sinus from dog grooming.

ABSTRACT: Pilonidal sinus is a recognized occupational condition sometimes seen in barbers and pet groomers, and it involves most commonly interdigital spaces. We present a previously unreported case of chronic paronychia with 2 separate digital pilonidal sinuses resulting from multiple embedded hair fragments in the eponychium of a dog groomer, who had been repeatedly treated with antibiotics with no success and ended up having surgical treatment. The objective of this study is to remind readers of this rare but possible occupational disease, particularly among employees working with hair, and to emphasize the importance of preventive measures to prevent its occurrence. Intraoperatively, a crescent of eponychial skin parallel to the proximal nail fold was excised, which incorporated the sinuses. Ad

SUBMITTER: Raisanen MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11827112 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature