Interdigital sinuses of barbers' hands

Abstract

GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY3 mth. 4 yr.-IN 1880, in a paper on the postanal pilonidal sinus, 10 showed the lesion in some stage of its development.Hodges wrote, " Hair-cutters are continually in We have also inspected the hands of 61 ladies' hairtrouble from the short hairs which penetrate the skin dressers and have not found one lesion of this type. of their fingers and hands ". Interest was not revived Waisman and Olivetti (1952) have rightly made the in lesions of barbers' hands until 1946 when Patey and point that " to many of the victims such a relatively a. Middle and ring R. b. Middle and ring L.Middle and ring L. -Table CLINICAL SUMMARY OF RECORDED CASES -4 yr. 2 yr. --AUTHOR Middle and ring L.

Granulomatosis Fistulosa Interdigitalis of Milkers’ Hands

“…In fact, if only a reaction of the skin to hair penetration were being dealt with, similar lesions to the ones already noted in hair dressers, indicated by various authors (Pateg und Scarff [9], Waisman and Olivetti [10], Downing [11], Currie and Gibson [13], Joseph and Gifford [14], Röckl and Müller [15], Waris [12]) and which we also observed, would have been noted in our subjects. These lesions are characterised by small, sometimes fistulous interdigital granulomas, but are always small-sized anil barely noticeable.…”

Le trichogranulome interdigital du coiffeur

“…Par contre cette prédominance à la m ain droite ne se retrouve pas parmi les cas rapportés en 1953 par Currie et coll. [1] (5 sur 11), et comme nous, ils trouvent une prédominance dans la localisation du triehogramilome au deuxième espace interdigital (9 sur 11).…”

Pilonidal sinus in palmar webspace of a male barber: a case report with review of literature

“…4 The several etiologies include shampooing, force of a comb on finger webs, suction caused by negative pressure of the sinus cavity created by finger movement, propelling force of barber's finger movements in full adduction along with recurrent and chronic infections have been described in the literature. [12][13][14][15] Several theories have been proposed to explain the pathogenesis of the barbers' disease. Pattey and Scarf's theory suggested that pilonidal sinus occurs in two phases where in the organism getting dislodged in the tissue is the main culprit and leads to sinus formation.…”