Schneiderman Prelims Vol-I. qxd

SINUS TRACTS
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF
IMMUNE REGULATION
Chronic granulomatous disease – scrofula 
JAAD 36:899–907,
1997
Dermatomyositis – panniculitis with ulceration and sinuses
Rook p.1560, 1998, Sixth Edition
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency 
JAAD 31:316–319, 1994
Rheumatoid arthritis – fistulous rheumatism; tracking of nodules
to skin 
JAAD 53:191–209, 2005
CONGENITAL LESIONS
Accessory auricles with congenital fistulae 
Rook p.3016, 1998,
Sixth Edition
Branchial cleft sinus and fistulae – pit in lower third of the neck
along anterior border of sternocleidomastoid muscle; skin tag at
opening
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 123:438–441, 1997;
Clin Otolaryngol 3:77–92, 1978; Melnick–Fraser syndrome –
preauricular pits, hearing loss, and renal anomalies
Bronchogenic cyst and sinus 
Ped Derm 15:277–281, 1998;
JAAD 11:367–371, 1984
Cloacal sinuses – between anus and adjoining skin; urethra,
perineum 
Rook p.3169, 1998, Sixth Edition
Congenital dermal sinus – over lower spine; hair may protrude
from opening 
Pediatr Neurosurg 26:275, 1997; AD
112:1724–1728, 1976
Congenital lip sinus 
Ghatan p.34, 2002, Second Edition
Congenital pilonidal sinus 
Pediatrics 35:795–797, 1965
Congenital sinus or cyst of genitoperineal raphe (mucous cysts
of the penile skin)
Cutis 34:495–496, 1984; AD 115:1084–1086,
1979
Dermoid cyst and sinus 
Neurosurg Clin N Am 6:359–366, 1995;
AD 107:237–239, 1973
Dorsal dermal sinus – dimple in suboccipital or lumbosacral
regions 
AD 112:1724–1728, 1976; J Pediatr 87:744–750, 1975
Fourth branchial sinus causing recurrent cervical abscess
Aust N Z J Surg 67:119–122, 1997
Fistula in ano 
Dis Colon Rectum 41:1147–1152, 1998
Omphalomesenteric duct – patent peripheral portion of
omphalomesenteric duct; red nodule with a fistula with fecal
discharge or intestinal prolapse 
Am J Surg 88:829–834, 1954
Preauricular cyst and sinuses
Textbook of Neonatal
Dermatology, p.118, 2001; J La State Med Soc 151:447–450,
1999; Plast Reconstr Surg 102:1405–1408, 1998
Spinal dysraphism, occult – overlying protrusion, dimple, sinus,
lipoma, faun tail nevus, dermoid cyst, hemangioma, port wine
stain 
AD 114:573–577, 1978; AD 112:1724–1728, 1976
Sternal clefts – associated with fistulae, ulceration or scarring,
supra-umbilical midline raphe, and facial hemangiomas 
Rook
p.601, 1998, Sixth Edition
Thyroglossal duct cyst and/or sinus – midline cervical cleft with
sinus tract 
Am J Neuroradiol 20:579–582, 1999; JAAD
26:885–902, 1992; J Pediatr Surg 19:437–439, 1984