Interdigital pilonidal sinus in the hand of sheep groomer

Abstract EN

Barber’s disease is a rare acquired occupational disease produced by short customers’ hairs that penetrate the interdigital spaces of the hands.

The lesion has been reported to occur mostly on the hands of male hairdressers.

The purpose of this article is to report a rare case of a male sheep groomer who developed a pilonidal sinus in the interdigital web of his non-dominant hand and review the relevant literature.