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==Epidemiology and Demogrphics==  
==Overview==  
 
These are normally painful, occur somewhat more often in men than in women (though this is debatable), and normally happen in early adulthood (to the 30's).  Although usually found near the tailbone, this painful condition can be found rarely in several other places, including the [[navel]] and [[armpit]].
*It was discussed by Herbert Mayo in 1830.<ref name="title-eMedicine - Pilonidal Cyst and Sinus : Article by Robert Ringelheim, MD">{{cite web|url=http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic771.htm |title=eMedicine - Pilonidal Cyst and Sinus : Article by Robert Ringelheim, MD |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format=|work=}}</ref><ref name="title-">{{cite web |url=http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlPrinter=true&xmlFilePath=journals/ijs/vol11n1/vacuum.xml |title=The use of Wound Vacuum-assisted Closure (V.A.C.) system in the treatment of Recurrent or Complex Pilonidal Cyst Disease:
Experience in 4 Adolescent Patients |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format= |work=}}</ref><ref>Mayo H. Observations on injuries and diseases of the rectum. London: Burgess & Hill, 1833</ref>
*R.M. Hodges was the first to use the phrase "pilonidal cyst" to describe the condition in 1880. <ref>Hodges RM, Pilo-nidal sinus. Boston Med Surg J 1880; 103:485</ref><ref name="isbn-3-540-64046-0">{{cite book |author=Elsner, Peter |title=Handbook of Occupational Dermatology |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |year=2000|pages= 821 |isbn=3-540-64046-0 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref>
*These are normally painful, occur somewhat more often in men than in women (though this is debatable), and normally happen in early adulthood (to the 30's).  Although usually found near the tailbone, this painful condition can be found rarely in several other places, including the [[navel]] and [[armpit]].


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Overview

These are normally painful, occur somewhat more often in men than in women (though this is debatable), and normally happen in early adulthood (to the 30's). Although usually found near the tailbone, this painful condition can be found rarely in several other places, including the navel and armpit.

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