%0 Journal Article %T Quiste pilonidal gigante en un anciano %A Bell Santos %A H¨¦ctor %A Santos Danger %A Marcos Antonio %J MEDISAN %D 2011 %I Centro Provincial de Ciencias M¨¦dicas %X a case report of an elderly man with a giant pilonidal cyst, whose primary data was obtained through a medical visit carried out by the physician of the doctor's office where he belongs and written down in his medical record, is described. this patient was surgically treated with success at the coloproctology service from "dr juan bruno zayas alfonso" teaching general hospital in santiago de cuba on january, 2010 when total tumor exeresis was carried out without injuring the rectum. %K elderly %K giant pilonidal cyst %K surgical tumor exeresis. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1029-30192011000900014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en