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Can i get an ultrasound?
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
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Ultrasound scan may not be of much use.
Please go for MRI of the lumbosacral region.
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Consultation with gen surgeon is right option
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Please consult
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Dr. Rashmi Wadhwa
General Physician
38 yrs exp
Delhi
Surgeon opinion
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
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6 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Manoj Kumar
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10 yrs exp
Dehradun
Need few more details
Kindly consult
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Dr. Hashim
General Physician
2 yrs exp
Cochin
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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Kindly consult.
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General surgery consultation would be apt.
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